Re: [19140] Subshell exiting, suspend problem

[Philippe Troin <phil@xxxxxxxx>]

Danek Duvall <duvall@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I've been using this patch for a little while on a Solaris box, and it
> solved the problem I had where su would be left in the job table after I
> exited it.

Can you elaborate on that problem? I use zsh with su on solaris
without any issues.
 
> However, I'm now unable to suspend vi or ncftp, or, I would guess, any
> curses program.

That's strange: this patch only changes zsh's exit behavior.

> Moreover, if I run a copy of zsh without this patch
> from the commandline of one with the patch, when I exit, I get:
> 
>     zsh: can't set tty pgrp: I/O error
>     <prompt>% 
>     zsh: error on TTY read: I/O error
> 
> and the "bottom copy" exits, terminating my login session.
> 
> So it seems like there are a few wrinkles to work out yet.  :)

I'm working on that, or better, trying to find some time to do that.

Phil.