X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:59:46 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 1.7.8-1: Signals do NOT interrupt interruptible calls in threads. Message-ID: <20110415015946.GC28016@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20110330115205 DOT GA8867 AT vegeta DOT utgard DOT biz> <20110407143023 DOT GA8488 AT vegeta DOT utgard DOT biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 07:32:07PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >I don't know, and the core Cygwin developers appear to be away or too >busy. Have you tried it? I'm not away but I have answered this question in the past. Yes, signals do NOT interrupt interruptible calls in threads. It's a current limitation. 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