Ada and Unix--Blocked Tasks

[cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!csus.edu!beach.csulb. edu!lewicki@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Dave Lewicki)]

  I have run up against a problem:      

  I am working on a program with multiple tasks, one of which makes
  a call on the Unix "accept()" routine for sockets.  As expected,
  the task blocks and waits for a connection.  

  But, what I didn't expect is that the other tasks all block too and 
  the Ada kernel then goes on to complain about deadlock.  It seems that
  all the tasks are of the same process, so when one blocks, they all
  do.  The only workaround that I can figure is to poll a non-blocking
  "accept()" every 5 seconds or so (yecch).

  Is this a vendor specific problem, or do all Ada/Unix kernals work
  this way?  I am using the Verdix compiler running on Ultrix.

  Has anyone else found any better workaround?  

  Thanks in advance..........

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