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[Bug translator/5045] translator not cleaning up temporary directories
- From: "fche at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 8 Feb 2008 17:16:14 -0000
- Subject: [Bug translator/5045] translator not cleaning up temporary directories
- References: <20070919150951.5045.hunt@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
------- Additional Comments From fche at redhat dot com 2008-02-08 17:16 -------
> A quick test shows it seems to work in response to normal termination signals.
What works? atexit() hooks running during a termination signal? Not in my
experiments.
> Even if it didn't, it just takes a few lines of code to set up a handler that
> calls exit().
But many functions cannot be legally called from signal handlers.
exit() specifically is not listed: see
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/xsh_chap02_04.html
> Why would you need an "exit-soon" global in a bunch of loops? None
> of that happens right now, just the default action (termination) in response to
> ^C. All we want to do is add some cleanup before that happens.
Yes, but if we bother, let's do it cleanly.
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