On 11/9/15 5:55 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> I have some more information on this. In the latest test,
> the problem occurs when I run bash under rxvt, but not when I run it under
> xterm.
>
> Using strace, I've found a difference in a call to rt_sigaction(). It calls
>
> rt_sigaction(SIGTSTP, {SIG_DFL, ...})
>
> under xterm (which works correctly), but
>
> rt_sigaction(SIGTSTP, {SIG_IGN, ...})
>
> under rxvt (where it doesn't).
This can happen if SIGTSTP is ignored when the shell is invoked. When
bash restores the original signal dispositions in child processes, it
restores SIG_IGN.
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