Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:20:08 -0800 (PST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/50100: Ping doesn't handle SIGINT while resolving hosts Message-ID: <200303182020.h2IKK8vq094976@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/50100; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Johan Mulder <johan@localhost.nl> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/50100: Ping doesn't handle SIGINT while resolving hosts Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 07:13:57 +1100 (EST) On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Johan Mulder wrote: > >Description: > When a ping is started, ping tries to resolve the host. When the > host can not be resolved or resolves very slowly, ping doesn't > do anything when it receives a SIGINT. > >How-To-Repeat: > Ping a host in a domain of which you're sure the nameservers are > down or unreachable. > >Fix: > > Fix the signal handler. The signal handler is not broken. Last time I looked the bug seemed to be deep in the resolver library. res_send() retries after EINTR for some reason. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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