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

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Message #71 received at 8938 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 8938 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8938: make timeout and CTRL-C
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:37:18 +0100

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On 28/06/11 19:45, Paul Eggert wrote:
> 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.

OK I've added --foreground to support this.
Note it still maintains a separate timeout
monitor process to return 124 on timeout etc.

cheers,
Pádraig.

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