Re: [leafnode-list] fetchnews

[jrd@xxxxxxxxxxxx (John R. Dennison)]

In previous mail, Cornelius Krasel spouted...
> 
> Tim McDaniel wrote:
> > This is a persistent problem, as shown by repeated questions.  It's
> > also a bit perverse, given that "kill" and "killall" by default send
> > SIGTERM.  What is your reason for not adding more signal() calls (or
> > whatever) to catch the common death signals, or at least SIGTERM?
> 
> It will be in the next version.
> 
> I don't see any reason to kill fetch with "kill" or "killall".

	Err - there is no reason not to.  fetchnews is not a supervisory
	process, there is no reason that it should not be able to be
	killed if and when a system admin wishes it to be.

	Anyways, after a quick look, I only saw a single signal handler
	that needed to be changed (like I said, quick look, very quick
	with a single grep.




							John

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