Re: Shouldn't use $? in traps for non-zero signals

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jun  1, 2001, Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> wrote:

> +     * acgeneral.m4 (_AC_INIT_PREPARE): Don't rely on $? in the traps
> +     for signals other than 0 - exit with code 1.
> +     * m4sh.m4 (AS_TMPDIR): Likewise.
> +     * autoconf.in: Likewise. Also don't rely on exit == exit $?.
> +     * autoheader.in: Likewise.
> +     * autoreconf.in: Likewise.
> +     * tests/torture.at (Signal handling): New test for the above.

Ok, except that...

> +kill -INT $$

I don't think this is portable.  I'd rather use the signal number
directly, as we do in the trap set-up.

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