A process which is exiting due to a core dumping signal doesn't
propagate the correct exist status after dumping core, because 'dumper'
itself forcibly terminates the process.
Use 'dumper -n' to avoid killing the dumped process, so we continue to
the end of signal_exit(), to exit with the 128+signal exit status.
Busy-wait in exec_prepared_command() in an attempt to reliably notice
the dumper attaching, so we don't get stuck there.
Also: document these important facts for custom uses of error_start.
Pre-format a command to be executed on a fatal error to run 'dumper'
(using an absolute path).
Factor out executing a pre-formatted command, so we can use that for
invoking the JIT debugger in try_to_debug() (if error_start is present
in the CYGWIN env var) and to invoke dumper when a fatal error occurs.
On a fatal error, if the core file size limit is greater than 1MB,
invoke dumper to write a core dump. Otherwise, if that limit is greater
than 0, write a .stackdump file, as previously.
Adjust and clarify the associated documentation.
Also: Fix so that the error_start JIT debugger is now invoked, even when
ulimit -c is zero.
Also: Fix uses of console_printf() inside exec_prepared_command(). It's
output is written via the Windows console device, so needs to use
Windows-style line endings.
Also: consistently return non-zero from try_to_debug() if we debugged.
Future work: Truncate or remove the file written, if it exceeds the
maximum size set by the ulimit.
Future work: Using the words "fatal error" could probably be improved
on. This means exiting on one of the "certain signals whose default
action is to cause the process to terminate and produce a core dump
file".
This option has been disabled long ago and nobody missed it.
Removing drops a bit of unneeded code
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
- For programs which does not work properly with pseudo console,
disable_pcon in environment CYGWIN is introduced. If disable_pcon
is set, pseudo console support is disabled.
sourceware.org URLs are concerned.
* Throughout, simplify ulink expressions if the visible text is the
URL anyway.
* faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.dll-relocatable): Remove.
* faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.name-with-space): Change for 1.7.34.
(faq.setup.home): Ditto.
* faq-using.xml (faq.using.printing): Clarify old links and availability
of a2ps and file.
(faq.using.xemacs): Drop outdated version info and pointers to native
XEmacs.
(faq.using.ntemacs): Remove.
* faq-what.xml (faq.what.what): Rephrase to reflect reality.
(faq.what.supported): Ditto.
(faq.what.who): Rephrase slightly.
* legal.xml: Bump copyright.
* setup-net.xml (internet-setup): Fix references to setup executables.
winsymliks:nativestrict option. Strip out description of symlink types
and refer to new pathnames-symlinks section.
* highlights.xml (ov-hi-files): Rip out most of symlink description and
refer to new pathnames-symlinks section instead.
* new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.19): Add CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict.
* pathnames.xml (pathnames-symlinks): New section describing symbolic
link handling.
effect is to move away from DocBook SGML and DJ Delorie's doctool and
toward pure DocBook XSL. (There remains just one use of doctool, and
we have plans for replacing it, too.) See ChangeLog for details.
Jon Turney
Ken Brown
Corinna Vinschen
Takashi Yano
Christopher Faylor
Warren Young