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Re: [Nano-devel] [PATCH] signals: upon a crash, save changed buffers and
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Benno Schulenberg |
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Re: [Nano-devel] [PATCH] signals: upon a crash, save changed buffers and reset terminal state |
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Mon, 7 May 2018 19:53:24 +0200 |
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Op 07-05-18 om 02:21 schreef Eitan Adler:
> On 6 May 2018 at 08:12, Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>> This has the disadvantage, though, that distros that automatically
>> catch a backtrace from a crash, can't get any. To make this again
>> possible if the user wants it, I propose inserting a check for an
>> environment variable, NANO_NOCATCH. See the upcoming patch.
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>> Suggestions for a better name and other comments are welcome.
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> Rust uses RUST_BACKTRACE as does RAKUDO_BACKTRACE and several others.
Thanks. But... those names sound as if they would automatically produce
a backtrace when set.
But if they just mean that a backtrace *can* be made, when the necessary
mechanisms are present, then I'm fine with using NANO_BACKTRACE too.
Benno
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