GNU bug report logs - #14569
24.3.50; bootstrap fails on Cygwin

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org>

Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:17:01 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
Cc: "14569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <14569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi <at> alice.it>
Subject: bug#14569: 24.3.50; bootstrap fails on Cygwin
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:51:23 -0700

On 06/25/2013 06:55 AM, Ken Brown wrote:
> I'm puzzled by the asymmetry between block_child_signal and unblock_child_signal.  The first blocks SIGCHLD, while the second unblocks *all* signals.  Why is this the right thing to do?
> 
> Ken

I didn't write that code, but here's my guess.
Emacs normally runs with all signals unblocked.
Unblocking everything is the right thing to do,
if there's a bug elsewhere in Emacs that inadvertently
leaves signals blocked.
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