James Abley wrote:
On 28/03/2008, S A wrote:
Here's the really strange part:
if I do an strace on my application, then my signal handler
gets invoked correctly!! Can't explain this.
c.f. Heisenbug [1]. It's common enough, but very annoying. Gives you
another avenue to explore though. What does strace do to the
environment that causes the problem to disappear?
That's simple. strace is a Windows app, not a Cygwin app. So it doesn't
have the Cygwin signal semantics.
You'll probably get a better feel for the differences here if you take a
look at the Cygwin doc:
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#ov-hi-signals>
Gritty details can be found in 'how-signals-work.txt' the 'cygwin'
source directory.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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