Re: [PATCH][PR guile/17247] Block SIGCHLD while initializing Guile

[Doug Evans]

On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès)
>> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden
>> Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:18:45 +0200
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>> > Perhaps we should request GC and Guile to provide capabilities to
>> > disable threads at run time, then.
>>
>> I don’t think we need to go this far: reading the recent discussions, it
>> seems Doug found a way to make sure Guile’s and libgc’s internal threads
>> don’t receive signals that GDB is interested in, which should be enough
>> for practical purposes.
>
> That's just the tip of an iceberg, I'm afraid.

In the interests of seeking clarification early and clearly, can you elaborate?

I'm not saying there aren't issues, I'm just wondering if you have
anything specific that you are thinking of.