From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by melb.werple.net.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA09789 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 1996 15:55:50 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA27227; Thu, 11 Apr 1996 01:48:48 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 01:48:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199604110547.BAA25465@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.6 3/24/96 To: schaefer@z-code.ncd.com cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: is anyone using non-POSIX signals? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 10 Apr 1996 22:34:29 PDT." <960410223429.ZM18804@zyrcon.z-code.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 01:47:11 -0400 From: "Richard J. Coleman" Resent-Message-ID: <"_iUl1.0.If6.0r9Rn"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/922 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu > } 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