On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 04:43:27PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >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.
That's probably because there is a Windows call in there somewhere which times out before dealing with CTRL-C. 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
