From: "Richard J. Coleman" <coleman@math.gatech.edu>
To: schaefer@z-code.ncd.com
Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: is anyone using non-POSIX signals?
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 01:47:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199604110547.BAA25465@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Apr 1996 22:34:29 PDT." <960410223429.ZM18804@zyrcon.z-code.com>
> } Is anyone using zsh (say newer than beta8) on a machine
> } that doesn't have POSIX signals?
>
> Asking this of the zsh *developers* isn't necessarily a good cross-
> section of platforms on which people use zsh.
>
> Call me a reactionary, but I'd rather not abandon anyone if it can
> be avoided. We still get requests for builds of zmail on really
> ancient unixes (most of which we have to turn down, to my chagrin).
>
> Even if you don't keep supporting/testing the compatibility code,
> it'd be nice to have some idea that the changes you're making don't
> depend on something that it's impossible to emulate in the older
> styles. Someone stuck on one of those older systems ought to at
> least have a chance of fixing it himself.
Well, I was mainly asking out of curiousity. I don't think the
SYSV_SIGNALS and NO_SIGNAL_BLOCKING compatibility code even works.
Since no one has complained, I was wondering if anyone was using it.
rc
prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-04-11 5:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-04-11 1:10 Richard J. Coleman
1996-04-11 5:34 ` Barton E. Schaefer
1996-04-11 5:47 ` Richard J. Coleman [this message]
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