Re: [PATCH] mktime & nanosleep: make sure SIGALRM is not blocked

[Bruno Haible]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> we're of course trying to 
> figure out who is blocking the signal in the first place, but it isnt exactly 
> a trivial affair when it crops up on some users systems and they cant always 
> reproduce it.

Yes, I know that on Gentoo systems, many reported bugs can never be closed
because they cannot be reproduced on other Gentoo systems. Still, the rule is:
file a bug report with the program that is buggy.

> i'm not talking about all programs.  i'm talking about the common ones i keep 
> fielding bug reports for (gnulib).  in the process, 

I understand that it is easier to file a bug report about 'configure' files
than about other programs like 'inetd', because 'configure' operates in a more
transparent way (logging output, config.log, config.status). But that's not a
reason for claiming that 'configure' is buggy when the bug is elsewhere.
Instead, you should make the other program more transparent (through logging or
tracing features).

Bruno