subprocs in Emacs shells won't die with comint-interrupt-subjob

Thu Jul 13 08:03:00 GMT 2000

>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Jensen <jeffjensen@nospam.visi.com> writes:
 Jeff> I also have the same issue most of the time. I resort to using the Kill
 Jeff> option on the Signals menu and it always works. I may try the Quit option
 Jeff> first and occasionally it works too (C-c C-\).
 Jeff> -----Original Message-----
 Jeff> From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
 Jeff> To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
 Jeff> Subject: subprocs in Emacs shells won't die with comint-interrupt-subjob
 Jeff> With the new Cygwin, when I run a subprocess in an Emacs shell,
 Jeff> pressing C-c C-c (which executes "comint-interrupt-subjob") does not
 Jeff> kill the subprocess. The title bar flashes, but that's all. When the
 Jeff> running process is a Java application, it also does a thread dump,
 Jeff> which is supposed to happen when it gets a "QUIT" signal. I've
 Jeff> verified these symptoms with Emacs v 20.4, 20.6, and 20.7.
 Jeff> However, if I retreat to Cygwin B20.1, without changing anything else,
 Jeff> this symptom goes away. Pressing C-c C-c in the shell properly kills
 Jeff> the subprocess.
 Jeff> I'd really like to move up to the new cygwin, but not being able to
 Jeff> easily kill subprocesses in the shell is extremely inconvenient.
So it appears that with the old cygwin, it is sending the correct
"interrupt" signal, but with the new cygwin, it is sending the "quit"
signal. Does anyone know why this might be happening? Is anyone
addressing this issue?
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