From: ts Date: 2008-03-17T00:51:10+09:00 Subject: Re: It seems that rb_thread_wait_fd() doesn't work in 1.8.6 >>>>> "r" == ry writes: r> it should not exit. Why ? vgs% cat a.c #include #include #include #include #include int main() { fd_set readfds; int fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0); assert(fd > 0); FD_ZERO(&readfds); FD_SET(fd, &readfds); select(fd + 1, &readfds, 0, 0, NULL); return 0; } vgs% vgs% ./a.out vgs% r> Ruby 1.9.0 has the correct behavior what is your version of ruby ? vgs% ruby -v test.rb ruby 1.9.0 (2008-03-16 revision 15786) [i686-linux] starting test entering rb_thread_wait_fd leaving rb_thread_wait_fd vgs% Guy Decoux