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We really shouldn't be doing a whole lot in our signal handler. The
signal handler can get called in the middle of a malloc, for example,
and if the signal handler tries to allocate memory then the program
can deadlock.
This change works around that problem by having the signal handler
write to a pipe. Our main program watches the pipe for incoming data
and performs the appropriate action.
This patch is from Shaun Lindsay at Meebo.
Fixes #10324
author | Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net> |
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date | Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:47:18 +0000 |
parents | db5a58aabe38 |
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For information on writing a plugin for Purple, Pidgin or Finch, go http://developer.pidgin.im and click on API. From there, see the HOWTOs in the "Related Pages" section. You can also generate this documentation locally by installing doxygen and graphviz dot, then running "make docs" in the source tree. The documentation will be in the docs/html directory.