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diff --git a/open_issues/boehm_gc.mdwn b/open_issues/boehm_gc.mdwn index ca2063a5..31359da3 100644 --- a/open_issues/boehm_gc.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/boehm_gc.mdwn @@ -332,3 +332,16 @@ It has last been run and compared on 2010-11-10, based on CVS HEAD sources from make libgc use RTMIN+5/6, like done on most of other OSes <youpi> but we don't have RT signals, do we? <pinotree> right :( + + +### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-03-21 + + <pinotree> civodul: given we have to realtime signals (so no range of + signals for them), libgc uses SIGUSR1/2 instead of using SIGRTMIN+5/6 for + its thread synchronization stuff + <pinotree> civodul: which means that if an application using libgc then + sets its own handlers for either of SIGUSR1/2, hell breaks + <civodul> pinotree: ok + <civodul> pinotree: is it a Debian-specific change, or included upstream? + <pinotree> libgc using SIGUSR1/2? upstream + <civodul> ok |