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Subject: Re: raise(-1) has stopped returning an error recently
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From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
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On 2021-11-23 02:50, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> On Nov 23 19:27, Duncan Roe wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 02:06:19PM +0100, cygwin wrote:
>>> On Nov 22 11:25, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
>>>> On Nov 22 16:20, Duncan Roe wrote:
>>>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>>>> #include <signal.h>
>>>>>
>>>>> int
>>>>> main (void)
>>>>> {
>>>>>    int retcod;
>>>>>
>>>>>    retcod = raise (-1);
>>>>>    printf("raise(-1) returned %d\n", retcod);
>>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the STC.  There are actually two long-standing problems,
>>>> one in raise, calling pthread_kill even for non-threaded processes,
>>>> one in pthread_kill, not checking the signal number.
>>>>
>>>> I'll patch them right away.
>>>
>>> I created a patchset:
>>> https://sourceware.org/git?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commitdiff;h=d54d8f173d66
>>> https://sourceware.org/git?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commitdiff;h=24bffff63eb7
>>> https://sourceware.org/git?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commitdiff;h=afb7c557d2af
>>>
>>> Please test the latest developer snapshot from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/
>>
>> Thanks, that fixed it.
> 
> Thanks for testing.
> 
>> Btw to whoever maintains grep for cygwin: 'make check' should pass on
>> next release (I patched out the surrogate-pair failre).

I had no problems with test-raise last release.
I did with surrogate pairs but after spending too much time on all the 
test infrastructure around that, decided it was a low probability event, 
and wait until anyone complains to refer it upstream.
Do Cygwin and/or Windows support surrogate pairs in UTF-8?

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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