how to make sure subprocesses die?

Tue Aug 18 14:31:00 GMT 2015

On Aug 18, 2015, at 8:11 AM, Noel Grandin <noelgrandin@gmail.com> wrote:
>> When running GNU make from the cygwin bash prompt and killing it with CTRL-C, the children don't seem to be dying properly.

 $ svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/ctags/code/trunk ctags
 $ cd ctags
 $ autoconf && autoheader && ./configure
 $ make -j3
 gcc -I. -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c args.c
 gcc -I. -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c ant.c
 gcc -I. -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c asm.c
 gcc -I. -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c asp.c
 gcc -I. -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c awk.c
 gcc -I. -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c basic.c
 gcc -I. -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c beta.c
 gcc -I. -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c c.c
 <Ctrl-C>
 make: *** Deleting file 'basic.o'
 Makefile:220: recipe for target 'beta.o' failed
 make: *** [beta.o] Interrupt
 Makefile:220: recipe for target 'basic.o' failed
 make: *** [basic.o] Interrupt
 $
Works for me.
Disagree? Provide a replicable, simple test case to show it.
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