In backups.bis.diff signal handling is switched with
--enable-signals configure option; it is disabled by default.
also, unsafe stuff is hopefully eliminated from the handler.
I tested a random board, it saves with date-only difference
relatively to the unpatched version, though a more thourough
test is probably needed: the patch is not very short.
I remove the older patch: it's signal handler invokes signal- safe functions, which may be dangerous
non-async-
for the system.
Furthermore, non-POSIX platforms may be actually msdn.microsoft. com/en- us/library/ aa272921( VS.60). aspx:
no safe possibility to save a file from a signal handler
(for example,
http://
no system call allowed
).
In backups.bis.diff signal handling is switched with
--enable-signals configure option; it is disabled by default.
also, unsafe stuff is hopefully eliminated from the handler.
I tested a random board, it saves with date-only difference
relatively to the unpatched version, though a more thourough
test is probably needed: the patch is not very short.