[arch-general] Why does pacman 3.4 reacts so slow to SIGINT?

[Lauri Niskanen]

On 07/08/2010 06:02 PM, Lukas Grässlin wrote:
> I often use Ctrl+C when I forgot something and want to cancel the
> installations and I'm sure it reacts a lot slower than before. (Seen
> that on multiple machines)
>
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 07:22:00AM -0500, Dan McGee wrote:
>> 2010/7/8 Lukas Grässlin<lukasgraesslin at gmx.de>:
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> since the update from pacman 3.3 to 3.4 it reacts really slow to a
>>> SIGINT (Ctrl+C) while syncing or installing a packet.
>>> With 3.3 it immediately stops.
>>>
>>> Not a hugh problem, but I would know why it is so.
>>
>> I don't think we changed our signal handler at all in 3.4. I haven't
>> noticed any difference while syncing, and you probably won't find me
>> hitting Ctrl-C during package installation that often.
>>
>> -Dan
>

Doesn't it cause corruptions and out-of-syncness between the filesystem 
and package database if you abort the install?

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