On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 12:02:53PM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote: > > > > Does this mean that the attached patch could also not work > > on some systems? Or does this interfere with the readline > > library? > > Since longjmp is not on the list of functions that is safe to call > from a signal handler, yes, that's what it means. OTOH, this shows > promise as a solution.
OK, that means only for systems with HAVE_POSIX_SIGSETJMP defined. At least this provides a (local) solution here Werner -- "Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool." -- Edward Burr