From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:10:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:10:26 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:44416 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:10:26 -0500 Subject: Re: Question about Linux signal handling From: Alan Cox To: Albert Cahalan Cc: Albert Cahalan , developer_linux@yahoo.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1046041491.31809.46.camel@cube> References: <1046039341.32116.34.camel@cube> <1046043810.2092.0.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <1046041491.31809.46.camel@cube> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1046046030.2210.11.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 (1.2.1-4) Date: 24 Feb 2003 00:20:31 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 23:04, Albert Cahalan wrote: > > Firstly BSD didn't get it wrong, things merely diverged > > historically after V7 unix. > > BSD is wrong for not choosing a different name > for the new system call and leaving the old one. The same is true of System 5. Both of the changes semantics from V7 unix. > > glibc has the best of both worlds > > Non-default behavior is nearly irrelevant. The default > should have matched traditional UNIX and Linux behavior. Its all in the docs, and to quote one of the smarter managerial people we had in Red Hat "I can only provide the information, I can't make you hear it." Alan