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Date:	Sat, 13 Dec 2003 15:03:06 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: System calls getting interrupted with signals, even with SA_RESTART
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On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 02:55:52PM -0500, Robby Dermody wrote:
>Hey guys,
>
>I've ran into a little problem. I have been porting an piece of software to
>Cygwin. It builds and initially runs fine, but when I get a SIGALRM signal,
>which I use for asynchronous timers, a few things return with an EINTR:
>
>-select()

 From the SUSv3 documentation on select():

	If SA_RESTART has been set for the interrupting signal, it is
	implementation-defined whether the function restarts or returns with
	[EINTR].

select() does not currently honor SA_RESTART on cygwin.

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