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

[Lukas Grässlin]

On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 06:09:15PM +0300, Lauri Niskanen wrote:
> 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?

Sorry, I don't really mean the installation itself but the Download of
the files. I never really aborted while really installung but when it
downloads the packages. And this Abortion takes much more time than
before.

But whatever, this is not really a problem. I just thought it would be
nice if I know why ;)


> 
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> Ape <Lauri Niskanen>

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