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Date:	Sat, 05 Apr 2014 16:43:27 -0400
From:	"Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: 1.7.28: Ctrl-C not working reliably
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On 4/4/2014 3:35 PM, Ivan Todoroski wrote:
> Cygwin DLL 1.7.28 32-bit
> Windows 8.1 64-bit (build 6.3.9600)
>
> *Steps to reproduce*
> 1) Open Cygwin bash prompt
> 2) Type: ssh blargh  # or any non-existent host
> 3) Press Ctrl-C immediately after that
>
> On my machine, the Ctrl-C doesn't stop SSH from trying to look up the
> non-existent host, it keeps going until it gives up and times out (which
> takes about 10 seconds of my machine, YMMV).
>
> This problem is not specific to SSH, it just happens to be the most reliable
> way to reproduce it.
>
> It happens frequently with other programs too, but I haven't been able to
> find any pattern, it seems Ctrl-C sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.
> It's a regression because the cases where Ctrl-C doesn't work used to work
> in earlier Cygwin releases, but unfortunately I can't give you exact version
> numbers...
>
> I also checked that this happens both inside mintty and the native Win32
> console, it made no difference.

Right, I noticed no difference in behavior between either.  But ^C worked
for me, although with a slight (1 second) delay.  Interestingly enough,
using a qualified name (i.e. blargh.com) made it respond immediately.

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Larry

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