Re: [PATCH] Portability of dash to legacy systems, such as AT&T Unix PC : 12-sigaction

On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 11:45:07PM +0100, Alain Knaff wrote:
> 
> The 12th patch tests for availability of sigaction, and uses signal
> instead if not available.
> 
> Without sigaction, signals have to be re-activated once triggered,
> because signal does an implicit SA_RESETHAND on SYSV platforms.

Look I appreciate your work but I think this patch-set is taking
dash in the wrong direction.  I do not see enough value in supporting
legacy systems for dash when it means making the code-base less
maintainable and potentially more buggy.

So I won't be applying these patches.

Thanks,
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