wrt the kernel ignoring the crashdump helper for SIGQUIT, it should be ignoring anyway as `ulimit -c 0` was set! I.E. there seems to be an ubuntu specific bug here in that the apport helper (or whatever is in /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern) is called even when one does `ulimit -c 0`
I tested Fedora 7 (2.6.21-1.3194.fc7), and this does not happen. I tested Feisty (2.6.20-16-generic), and this does happen. Does ubuntu have its own patches pertaining to /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern as I didn't notice any related fedora or upstream patches subsequent to 2.6.20? One can reproduce by doing: [EMAIL PROTECTED] echo "|/bin/true" > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern [EMAIL PROTECTED] ulimit -c 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat #hit Ctrl-\ now Quit [EMAIL PROTECTED] echo "|/bin/true" > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern [EMAIL PROTECTED] ulimit -c 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat #hit Ctrl-\ now Quit (core dumped) Note ignoring the signal in apport does not suffice for me, since I need the script in which Ctrl-\ is entered to respond immediately, and starting the python interpreter and parsing the script will be a significant delay (even though python 2.5 is much better in this regard). cheers, Pádraig. -- Apport generates a report on SIGQUIT https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/62511 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
