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| author | Stephan Krempel <krempel@par-tec.com> | 2013-01-25 02:48:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2013-01-26 02:38:52 +0000 |
| commit | f8c0258d4643dbabc461a84d0b940be44a680a9b (patch) | |
| tree | a693b5ef23d5314a2aa835f8aea213a828b16530 /NEWS | |
| parent | 2238ab574191d30b89a007b760c616efaf9c219c (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-f8c0258d4643dbabc461a84d0b940be44a680a9b.tar.xz | |
timeout: ensure a blocked SIGALRM from the parent is unblocked
* src/timeout.c (unblock_signal): A new function to unblock a
specified signal, or warn if not possible.
(set_timeout): Ensure SIGALRM is unblocked before we setup the timer.
* tests/misc/timeout-blocked.pl: A new test for the issue.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the fix.
Fixes: http://bugs.gnu.org/13535
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- Also seq no longer ignores a specified step value when the end value is 1. [bugs introduced in coreutils-8.20] + timeout now ensures that blocking of ALRM signals is not inherited from + its parent, which would cause timeouts to be ignored. + [the bug dates back to the initial implementation] + ** Changes in behavior df --total now prints '-' into the target column (mount point) of the |