const char *io_write_phase = phase_unknown;
const char *io_read_phase = phase_unknown;
-/** Ignore EOF errors while reading a module listing if the remote
- version is 24 or less. */
+/* Ignore EOF errors while reading a module listing if the remote
+ * version is 24 or less. Also used by the receiver when it is
+ * reading a potential end-of-transfer keep-alive message that
+ * may never come. */
int kludge_around_eof = False;
int msg_fd_in = -1;