From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2939 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2002 10:59:37 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 7 Nov 2002 10:59:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 8038 invoked by alias); 7 Nov 2002 10:58:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 17912 Received: (qmail 8007 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2002 10:58:56 -0000 To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: Inconsistent signal handling? In-reply-to: "Philippe Troin"'s message of "04 Nov 2002 11:22:23 PST." <87bs55i1hs.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 10:58:27 +0000 Message-ID: <4876.1036666707@csr.com> From: Peter Stephenson Philippe Troin wrote: > Peter Stephenson writes: > > > Philippe Troin wrote: > > > [1] Why do we ignore SIGTERM on interactive sessions? That sounds > > > like a bad idea to me. > > > > We restore SIGTERM to the default in entersubsh(), i.e. for all spawned > > programmes. So the intent seems to be that only the parent shell > > ignores it. > > Yes, I've never said that programs launched by zsh had SIGTERM blocked > or ignored. But I was wondering what was the rationale behind ignoring > SIGTERM within zsh? I've always been annoyed at not being able to kill > zsh with SIGTERM and having to send SIGHUP (or whatever-signal-of-the-day). I suspect it's too old to have a rationale. I've no personal attachment to it. > BTW what is your opinion about the rest of the patch? As far as I can tell, looks OK. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. **********************************************************************