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Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:41:48 -0400
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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To:	Richard Anderson <richard AT richard-anderson DOT org>
CC:	Timothy C Prince <tprince AT myrealbox DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: How to diagnose Cygwin / Windows shutdown problem
References:	<1058981234 DOT c86164c0tprince AT myrealbox DOT com> <006a01c35145$3e0dc930$19c3fea9 AT RAnderson>
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Richard Anderson wrote:

> So this is a know issue? Seems like non-standard behavior for a Windows app.
> All Windows apps that I know of catch the shutdown interrupt, clean up their
> data structures and exit gracefully.  Is there some reason why Cygwin can't
> do this?

Let's turn the question around.  Are you interested in implementing and
submitting a patch to do this?  I'm sure folks here would be willing to
discuss the viability of such functionality in the context of a patch
to implement it.


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