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Read configuration file on SIGUSR1

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: rfrancoise <at> debian.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, cmr.Pent <at> gmail.com, 2520 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#2520: 23.0.91; Dies on SIGHUP
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:15:17 +0200

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

> On Sep 29 2019, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:
>
>> It's definitely something I could have used a number of times...  and
>> re-reading init files on SIGHUP isn't an unusual thing to do.
>
> But only for demons.  Normally a process receives SIGHUP if its
> controlling terminal goes away.

Yeah, that's true.

I guess SIGUSR1 and 2 are also taken...

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