Bug in libgcj UDP network classes

Wed Dec 3 20:55:00 GMT 2003

On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 12:49:40PM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Norbert" == Norbert Frese <postfach@nfrese.net> writes:
>> Norbert> ... got curious myself ... and i think i have found it: 
> Norbert> The buffer size which is told to recvfrom() in
> Norbert> "gnu::java::net::PlainDatagramSocketImpl::receive" is the size of the
> Norbert> previously received Packet. Which is kept in the "length" variable of
> Norbert> DatagramPacket. Therefore the number of bytes read via recvfrom() gets
> Norbert> reduced with every packet that is smaller than the previous one.
>> Did this ever get resolved?
> If not, could you file the problem in bugzilla?

This is fixed in CVS and Norbert's testcase works like a charm. The only
missing piece is a mauve test ...
Michael