Re: [Bug-tar] Tar short read

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Kevin Fox <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> I can't see any way that a program receiving a signal like SIGCONT
> during a partial read and it not properly handling the partial read
> response would not be considered a bug.

Tar handles that case and retries the read, *if* it is able to handle
the delivered signal (see the safe_read function).  SIGSTOP cannot be
handled in principle.  SIGCONT is normally sent only by debuggers.

Regards,
Sergey