Re: bug#9076: coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally

Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 16/07/11 01:51, Paul Eggert wrote: >> On 07/15/11 03:28, Pádraig Brady wrote: >>> What I was getting was that it's probably better to leave >>> the following to the app too: >>> >>> #ifndef SA_RESETHAND >>> # define SA_RESETHAND 0 >>> /* Now the app writer knows they need

Re: bug#9076: coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally

On 16/07/11 01:51, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 07/15/11 03:28, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> What I was getting was that it's probably better to leave >> the following to the app too: >> >> #ifndef SA_RESETHAND >> # define SA_RESETHAND 0 >> /* Now the app writer knows they need to handle this case */ >> #end

Re: bug#9076: coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally

2011/7/15 Eric Blake : > On 07/15/2011 04:28 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> On 15/07/11 08:50, Paul Eggert wrote: >>> On 07/14/11 17:25, Pádraig Brady wrote: I'm not sure about defining these to 0 in gnulib. That will silently ignore the intent of a program on certain platforms. > >> Absolut

Re: bug#9076: coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally

On 07/15/11 03:28, Bruno Haible wrote: > Paul Eggert wrote: >> --- a/doc/posix-functions/sigaction.texi >> +++ b/doc/posix-functions/sigaction.texi > > A documentation update for the header file, in doc/posix-headers/signal.texi, > would also be useful. Thanks, I pushed this: doc: Document NonSt

Re: bug#9076: coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally

On 07/15/11 03:28, Pádraig Brady wrote: > What I was getting was that it's probably better to leave > the following to the app too: > > #ifndef SA_RESETHAND > # define SA_RESETHAND 0 > /* Now the app writer knows they need to handle this case */ > #endif Yes, you're probably right. I'll send som

Re: bug#9076: coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally

On 07/15/2011 04:28 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 15/07/11 08:50, Paul Eggert wrote: >> On 07/14/11 17:25, Pádraig Brady wrote: >>> I'm not sure about defining these to 0 in gnulib. >>> That will silently ignore the intent of a program on certain platforms. > Absolutely. What I was getting was tha

Re: bug#9076: coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally

On 15/07/11 08:50, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 07/14/11 17:25, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> I'm not sure about defining these to 0 in gnulib. >> That will silently ignore the intent of a program on certain platforms. >> Wouldn't it be better to fail to compile so that each program then does: >> >> #ifndef S

Re: bug#9076: coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally

Paul Eggert wrote: > --- a/doc/posix-functions/sigaction.texi > +++ b/doc/posix-functions/sigaction.texi A documentation update for the header file, in doc/posix-headers/signal.texi, would also be useful. Bruno -- In memoriam Natalya Estemirova

Re: bug#9076: coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally

On 07/14/11 17:25, Pádraig Brady wrote: > I'm not sure about defining these to 0 in gnulib. > That will silently ignore the intent of a program on certain platforms. > Wouldn't it be better to fail to compile so that each program then does: > > #ifndef SA_RESETHAND > /* do something else */ > #end

Re: bug#9076: coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally

On 14/07/11 23:33, Paul Eggert wrote: > [CC'ing bug-gnulib re .] > > On 07/13/11 23:54, Joachim Schmitz wrote: > >> coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally and on HP >> NonStop these don't exist. > > Thanks for reporting

Re: bug#9076: coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally

[CC'ing bug-gnulib re .] On 07/13/11 23:54, Joachim Schmitz wrote: > coreutils-8.12 uses SA_RESETHAND and SA_RESTART unconditionally and on HP > NonStop these don't exist. Thanks for reporting this. I think coreutils used to be portable to host