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| -rw-r--r-- | alpine/status.c | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | pith/pine.hlp | 5 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/alpine/status.c b/alpine/status.c index 1c5d3595..fcfcdfda 100644 --- a/alpine/status.c +++ b/alpine/status.c @@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ pause_for_and_dq_cur_msg(void) if((w = status_message_remaining_nolock()) != 0){ delay_cmd_cue(1); + /* protect user from changes in the clock. If the clock + * changes during this process (for example, going from + * Standard time to Delayed time) this may result in big + * values for w. In those cases, reset w. + */ + if(w < 0 || w > 5){ /* maximum wait time is 5 seconds */ + w = 5; + displayed_time = time(0); + } sleep(w); delay_cmd_cue(0); } diff --git a/pith/pine.hlp b/pith/pine.hlp index 138b1058..3709c3a9 100644 --- a/pith/pine.hlp +++ b/pith/pine.hlp @@ -298,6 +298,11 @@ Bugs that have been addressed include: <LI> S/MIME: A message could fail to verify its signature even if the certificate was saved when the message was open. Based on a report by David Woodhouse to the RedHat bugzilla system. + + <LI> When there are time changes in the clock, Alpine might go to sleep + for big amounts of time while displaying messages in the screen. + Reset sleep time to 5 seconds in case it finds it needs to sleep + more than 5 seconds or a negative amount of time. </UL> <P> |