Control: found -1 apt/1.3~rc1
On Mon, 8 Aug 2016 01:05:31 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > On Sun, Aug 07, 2016 at 12:22:47AM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > > [1] https://www.cons.org/cracauer/sigint.html [...] > Do I read the git diff output [2] correctly? It seems to me that the > modification implements the WUE approach (explained in [1]), rather > than the WCE approach. > I think that the WCE approach is really the way to go, since the hook > could use SIGINT for something very different from an abnormal exit. > Maybe, when the hook has finished its job, it exits successfully > without killing itself with a SIGINT. In that case, APT should *not* > abort the installation/upgrade! > > [2] https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/apt/apt.git/diff/?id=b2cfacf > > In other words, I think that APT should wait for the child process to > exit (already implemented), but it should also figure out whether the > child process has exited on SIGINT or normally, in order to decide > whether it should abort or continue with the installation/upgrade. [...] > What is needed is the WCE strategy, as explained above. > Please implement it. > > Thanks for your time. Please reply to my question (quoted above). In the meanwhile, I am reopening the bug. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ There's not a second to spare! To the laboratory! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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