retitle 261544 xserver-xfree86: X server uses C library's alarm() function tag 261544 + moreinfo upstream thanks On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:44:22AM -0600, for debian bts wrote: > Package: xserver-xfree86 > Version: 4.1.0-16woody3 > Severity: normal > > strace shows this activity: > > --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) --- > sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) > --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) --- > sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) > --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) --- > sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) > --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) --- > sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) > --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) --- > sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) > > I can hold our for a day or two, and run commands via gdb > to gather more information if you like. Let me know, so > I can be up and running if the report becomes superficial. What is the problem you are experiencing? The above looks exactly like what I would expect to see for an application using alarm(2). > btw, my hotmail address is cvgscote. I refuse to post an actual email address > like supaplex@pcbkits.com in the plain on bts, because I receive too much spam > (that's a spam trap now anyway...) Please see that you do not repost my actual > email address, or allow it to be posted in anyway. (this will prevent evil > robots from scraping up my email ... ) Er, by submitting this bug report, the text of your message went to at least two different public mailing lists. -- G. Branden Robinson | If you have the slightest bit of Debian GNU/Linux | intellectual integrity you cannot branden@debian.org | support the government. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- anonymous
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