11 Nov
2010
11 Nov
'10
5:41 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Edward Z. Yang
I was under the impression we fixed this:
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/850
That is, we should be using SIGVTALRM, not SIGALRM, these days, except under certain conditions when your operating system doesn't support the proper timer (which Linux most assuredly does).
It's still a pretty common problem with all kinds of libraries. http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2010/09/04/dealing-with-fragile-c-libraries-e...