X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:40:09 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin >= 1.7.7 Installing a signal handler causes system calls in other threads to get interrupted. Message-ID: <20101116154009.GB4671@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <0C11C5BF0B29FD43A8D0250F711D497F7F6CC9DAF4 AT ex01-ubitronix DOT ubitronix DOT local> <0C11C5BF0B29FD43A8D0250F711D497F7FA1B8735A AT ex01-ubitronix DOT ubitronix DOT local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0C11C5BF0B29FD43A8D0250F711D497F7FA1B8735A@ex01-ubitronix.ubitronix.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:52:09PM +0100, Manuel Wienand wrote: >Hi, > >any suggestions? Can anyone confirm the problem (at least for me the behavior is unexpected...)? Cygwin's handling of signals with threads is not currently compliant with POSIX. It's on my todo list to fix but I don't have an ETA. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple