Re: avoid non termination of ./configure

[Paul Eggert]

On 05/13/2016 09:31 AM, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos wrote:
> Hi,
>   The attached patch replaces the call of exit() with _exit() in signal
> handlers. exit() is not one of the functions that can be cleanly called
> from a signal handler (see signal(7))
>
> regards,
> Nikos
Thanks for catching that. Shouldn't the fixed versions call _Exit, not 
_exit? The former is defined by the C standard and the latter is not. 
The relevant modules can depend on the _Exit module, to support older 
platforms that lack _Exit.