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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 19:02:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kip Macy <kmacy@netapp.com>
To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
Cc: tyler spivey <tspivey8@telus.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: signals and applications
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I've seen instances of this with ping, I just assumed it was an artifact of
signal delivery only occurring after returning from blocking operations.

				-Kip


On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> * tyler spivey <tspivey8@telus.net> [020609 17:44] wrote:
> > ok - I hope I can get an answer:
> > how come (under linux)
> > i can use my favourite web browser and hit ^c (interrupt)
> > and it will interrupt any network application,
> > but under FreeBSD there are some operations that can't be interupted and just wait there?
> 
> *sigh*
> 
> Would you be willing to field a problem report this vague?
> 
> Which web browser?  How are you inputting a ^C? etc.etc...
> 
> Applications have the option to ignore ^C, they can also futz
> with the terminal settings to that ^C doesn't work properly.
> 
> -- 
> -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
> 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
>  start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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