Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 24 Feb 2003 01:01:42 +0100 (CET) | Subject | Re: Question about Linux signal handling | From | Magnus Danielson <> |
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Subject: Re: Question about Linux signal handling Date: 23 Feb 2003 23:43:31 +0000
> On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 22:29, Albert Cahalan wrote: > > Yes. This is the behavior of all SysV UNIX systems > > and Linux kernels. Unfortunately, BSD got it wrong. > > Firstly BSD didn't get it wrong, things merely diverged > historically after V7 unix.
The V7 signals where not reliable and there where not neatly blockable. Naturally people invented incompatible solutions to come around it, just as you would expect.
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