git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] replace signal() with sigaction()

From
Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 2, 2014, 20:25 UTC
Message-ID
<20140602202518.GA2012@hudson.localdomain>
In-Reply-To
<xmqqzjhv3zeu.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 12:05:29PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
Show 22 quoted lines
> Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:
> 
> >> Jeremiah Mahler (9):
> >>   compat/mingw.c: expand MinGW support for sigaction
> >>   connect.c: replace signal() with sigaction()
> >>   progress.c: replace signal() with sigaction()
> >>   write_or_die.c: replace signal() with sigaction()
> >>   daemon.c: replace signal() with sigaction()
> >>   builtin/log.c: replace signal() with sigaction()
> >>   builtin/merge-index.c: replace signal() with sigaction()
> >>   builtin/verify-tag.c: replace signal() with sigaction()
> >>   sigchain.c: replace signal() with sigaction()
> >
> > The series without patch 9/9 works on Windows so far.
> >
> > Without patch patch 9/9 and a more complete implementation of sigaction in
> > compat/mingw.c the series misses its goal. But even if you complete it, it
> > is IMHO only code churn without practical merits.
> 
> Hmm, you sound a bit harsher than you usually do---although I
> sort of share with you the doubt on the practical merits.
> 

Alright, I'm dropping it. Too much work for no real gain other than some piece of mind.

Thanks Johannes and Junio for your feedback.
-- 
Jeremiah Mahler
jmmahler@gmail.com
http://github.com/jmahler
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 15 of 15 in “replace signal() with sigaction()”
  1. 0/9 replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  2. 1/9 compat/mingw.c: expand MinGW support for sigactionJeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  3. Johannes SixtJun 2, 2014
  4. 2/9 connect.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  5. 3/9 progress.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  6. 4/9 write_or_die.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  7. 5/9 daemon.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  8. 6/9 builtin/log.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  9. 7/9 builtin/merge-index.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  10. 8/9 builtin/verify-tag.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  11. 9/9 sigchain.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  12. Johannes SixtJun 2, 2014
  13. Jeremiah MahlerJun 2, 2014
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2014
  15. Jeremiah MahlerJun 2, 2014

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.