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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen sleep.c
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>Hmm.  Perhaps install a temporary dummy SIGALRM handler in the sleep.c stub
>so that it doesn't die if there isn't one.  The old setitimer way doesn't
>mess with alarm(2), using nanosleep() wont change that.

Why would a program generate alarms without installing an alarm handler?
Perhaps buggy programs do install one but expect it not to be invoked
during sleep().

Bruce