From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Christopher Faylor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14569: 24.3.50; bootstrap fails on Cygwin Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:03:59 -0400 Message-ID: <20130614180359.GA5295__42329.5545777821$1371233646$gmane$org@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> References: <51B78346.3050600@cornell.edu> <2E06A322-530C-4AA2-9282-6D2E48B1D194@swipnet.se> <51B8BEFE.6070309@cs.ucla.edu> <51B8D5ED.1010407@alice.it> <51BA03CA.4080804@cs.ucla.edu> <51BB56CB.7030209@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1371233640 25839 80.91.229.3 (14 Jun 2013 18:14:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:14:00 +0000 (UTC) To: cygwin@cygwin.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 14 20:14:01 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UnYVc-0007kC-RR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:14:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42229 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnYVc-0002xF-BY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:14:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58957) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnYUk-00025J-J7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:13:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnYUg-0001HE-JT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:13:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59842) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnYUg-0001H6-9a for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnYUf-0000Ck-NL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:13:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Christopher Faylor Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:13:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14569 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14569-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14569.1371233529708 (code B ref 14569); Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:13:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14569) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jun 2013 18:12:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44508 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnYTo-0000BL-0b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:12:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mho-03-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.66]:55346 helo=mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UnYM4-0008OP-Cn for 14569@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:04:09 -0400 Original-Received: from pool-108-49-156-142.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([108.49.156.142] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UnYLw-000LLE-Da; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:04:00 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 253E86012B; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:03:59 -0400 (EDT) X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Originating-IP: 108.49.156.142 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1/G0PfYyZwkh4ey1xjMhqCJ Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51BB56CB.7030209@cs.ucla.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:12:06 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:75122 Archived-At: On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:45:47AM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: >Cygwin developers, I'm worried about a Cygwin bug where >pthread_kill may not send a signal to the correct thread. >This bug may be causing Emacs to crash. The Cygwin bug is >discussed in this thread: > >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-05/msg00472.html > >Emacs uses pthread_kill to redirect >SIGCHLD to the main thread; if this is sent to a random >thread instead, that could explain the random crashes. > >My question is: does this bug still exist with Cygwin, >and if so is it likely to get fixed soon? You pointed to an archived mail messages which implies that was fixed more than a year ago. What makes you think it is still a problem? I'd expect that if it was still a problem our emacs maintainer would be on top of it.