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Re: is anyone using non-POSIX signals?



> } Is anyone using zsh (say newer than beta8) on a machine
> } that doesn't have POSIX signals?
> 
> Asking this of the zsh *developers* isn't necessarily a good cross-
> section of platforms on which people use zsh.
> 
> Call me a reactionary, but I'd rather not abandon anyone if it can
> be avoided.  We still get requests for builds of zmail on really
> ancient unixes (most of which we have to turn down, to my chagrin).
> 
> Even if you don't keep supporting/testing the compatibility code,
> it'd be nice to have some idea that the changes you're making don't
> depend on something that it's impossible to emulate in the older
> styles.  Someone stuck on one of those older systems ought to at
> least have a chance of fixing it himself.

Well, I was mainly asking out of curiousity.  I don't think the
SYSV_SIGNALS and NO_SIGNAL_BLOCKING compatibility code even works.
Since no one has complained, I was wondering if anyone was using it.

rc




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