Yeeee ha! Thanks. On 9/12/06, Menno Smits <menno-yum@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Adam, > > Adam Monsen wrote: > > I have a suggestion for the command-line yum client: CTRL-C should cause > > the program to immediately stop. > > > > Most other command-line programs behave this way. I found on some other > > mailing list that holding down CTRL-C causes yum to spit out the message > > "Exiting on user cancel", and return exit code 130. This works, but is > > somewhat inconvenient. > > > > Currently (I'm using 2.6.1-0.fc5) yum appears to try and switch mirrors > > if CTRL-C is pressed or a SIGINT is sent to the yum process. Perhaps > > SIGUSR1 or something could be used to forcibly switch mirrors. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > The CTRL-C misbehaviour is caused by the rpm API taking control of the > handlers for termination signals such as SIGINT. I've fixed the problem > in the latest Yum versions (CVS). Yum now only has the rpmdb open when > strictly necessary so that it can handle signals properly itself. > > In the new version, CTRL-C once during downloads causes a mirror switch; > twice in quick succession causes termination. A single CTRL-C at other > times should just quit as normal. > > Menno > > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > -- Adam Monsen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/attachments/20060912/4f78e07c/attachment.html
