[issue1089358] need siginterrupt() on Linux - impossible to do timeouts

Facundo Batista added the comment: Applied in r60983. Thank you all! -- nosy: +facundobatista resolution: -> accepted status: open -> closed _ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _ ___

[issue1089358] need siginterrupt() on Linux - impossible to do timeouts

Ralf Schmitt added the comment: I've attached a new patch against current trunk, which now also contains unit tests. -- type: -> feature request versions: -Python 2.5 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file9491/siginterrupt+tests.txt _ Tracker <[EMA

[issue1089358] need siginterrupt() on Linux - impossible to do timeouts

Ralf Schmitt added the comment: I'm attaching an updated patch against trunk. It also contains some documentation now. Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file9072/siginterrupt _ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___

[issue1089358] need siginterrupt() on Linux - impossible to do timeouts

Guido van Rossum added the comment: Looks okay, but needs docs. -- nosy: +gvanrossum _ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _ ___ Python-bugs-

[issue1089358] need siginterrupt() on Linux - impossible to do timeouts

Christian Heimes added the comment: Next time please give the patch a more meaningful name than "patch" :) -- components: +Interpreter Core keywords: +patch nosy: +tiran versions: +Python 2.5, Python 2.6 _ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue1089358] need siginterrupt() on Linux - impossible to do timeouts

Ralf Schmitt added the comment: here is a patch against 2.5.1 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file8657/patch _ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _ patch Description: Binary data _

[issue1089358] need siginterrupt() on Linux - impossible to do timeouts

Ralf Schmitt added the comment: PyOS_setsig in pythonrun.c now calls siginterrupt(sig, 1) (in Python 2.4.4/Python 2.5.1, but not in Python 2.3). So you should be able to timeout the system calls with a signal.alarm call. However, having siginterrupt available would still be useful. I have some p