Re: GP handling of SIGINT (Linux)

[Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 11:13:12AM +0200, Karim Belabas wrote:
> * Jeroen Demeyer [2005-04-17 21:35]:
> > Hello list,
> > 
> > while hacking with GP and shell scripts under Linux, I noted the following:
> > 
> > When using GP non-interactively (gp -f -q <commands.gp >output),
> > it only handles a SIGINT once.  The first SIGINT is caught and 
> > interrupts the current command (as usual), but any further SIGINTs do 
> > nothing.  I don't understand how come this behaviour is different from 
> > an interactive GP, where multiple SIGINTs can be cought.

I suspect GP automatically reset interrupts in interactive mode at some
stage,though Idon't know the details.

> > Is this a feature or a bug?
> 
> It's a bug, which we've not been able to trace so far. See
> 
>   http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=124

I am not sure this is the same bug, so I have registered this problem
(easily reproducible) as bug #251.

Cheers,
Bill.