GNU bug report logs - #8938
make timeout and CTRL-C

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: shay shimony <shayshim <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:48:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 8.13

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 8938 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 8938 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8938: make timeout and CTRL-C
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:45:31 -0700

On 06/28/11 11:41, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> The main problem with that is would only
> send the signal to the first process, and
> any processes it started would keep running.

Yes, that's the main issue with it.  Still,
it's handy for programs where you either know
it doesn't use subprocesses, or you *want* to
kill just the main program and not its subprocesses.

I don't think it should be the default option,
but it'd be nice to have it as an option.
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