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From: qfhca81@memqa.uucp (Henry Melton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Minor problems with ELM and A/UX
Message-ID: <23930@memqa.uucp>
Date: 12 Apr 91 08:58:11 GMT
References: <1991Apr11.131729.3514@panix.uucp> <1991Apr12.034901.7685@servalan.uucp>
Organization: Memory R&QA, Motorola SPD
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> 
> Just as a wild guess, perhaps ELM is getting confused about signal handling
> because of the SysV semantics being enabled by default.  Try sticking a 
> call to set42sig() somewhere in the main() function and see if that helps.
> I've found that's helped other programs that die strangely of "Alarm Clock",
> and other programs as well -- as I recall, Epoch didn't work worth a damn
> until I put the set42sig() in...
> --
> Richard Todd	rmtodd@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu  rmtodd@chinet.chi.il.us
> 	rmtodd@servalan.uucp
> "Elvis has left Bettendorf!"

Great info!  set42sig let me compile oneko.  Keep these tips coming.



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