bug#21424: guile-2.0: SIGALRM signal handler does not get called when guile blocks on I/O

Rob Browning <[email protected]> writes:

> This appears to still be the case with at least Debian's 2.0.11+1-10
> package, and setting the handler to something that doesn't perform IO
> has the same effect (i.e. no alarm until you hit return):
>
>   (sigaction SIGALRM (lambda (x) (exit 1)))

Just checked -- still true with 3.0.9.

Thanks
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Rob Browning
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