1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/osdep-linux.c b/osdep-linux.c
index c85beb28..e3fe277d 100644
--- a/osdep-linux.c
+++ b/osdep-linux.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: osdep-linux.c,v 1.6 2009-04-29 23:07:35 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: osdep-linux.c,v 1.7 2010-12-30 20:41:08 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2009 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#include <event.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "tmux.h"
@@ -57,3 +59,13 @@ osdep_get_name(int fd, unused char *tty)
 	fclose(f);
 	return (buf);
 }
+
+struct event_base *
+osdep_event_init(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * On Linux, epoll doesn't work on /dev/null (yes, really).
+	 */
+	setenv("EVENT_NOEPOLL", "1", 1);
+	return (event_init());
+}