tags 328982 fixed-upstream thanks On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 04:51:53PM +0200, Arnaud Giersch wrote: > Package: man-db > Version: 2.4.3-2 > Severity: normal > > Hello, > > The man command uses less as default pager. Within less, Ctrl-C can > normally be used to interrupt current action (such as command line > editing). With the latest version of man-db (2.4.3-2), typing Ctrl-C > kills less, which is a bit annoying. It works correctly with Sarge's > man-db (2.4.2-21). > > The difference comes from the fact that in previous versions, the > function do_system() (from file src/util.c) used the standard function > system(3), which makes the calling process ignore signals SIGINT and > SIGQUIT. Now, do_system() does not use system(3) anymore, and thus > does not ignore SIGINT. > > So I suggest to ignore SIGINT (and maybe SIGQUIT too?), either in > do_system() (from file src/util.c), or in pipeline_wait() (from file > lib/pipeline.c).
Thanks for the report; I've fixed the pipeline library upstream to ignore SIGINT and SIGQUIT. I'll backport the fix to 2.4.3 in Debian soon as well. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
