Re: alarm assert failure

Ilya> In this crash `alarm' is called by libc as a part of file Ilya> locking (see backtrace for details). Socks or no socks, Ilya> `getaddrinfo' in a random libc may need to consult some Ilya> shared files, which may involve file locking and calling Ilya> `alarm'. Protection from this is necessary. I'll take your word for it. I've never heard of this before; this use of SIGALARM is evidently quite rare, as use of getaddrinfo is standard on many platforms. I would say you need to wrap getaddrinfo on your platform. Surely we don't have to wrap all standard library functions. AFAICT the signal handling code is quite different on 21.5. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.