[Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#859070: Bug#859070: /bin/zsh: status of resumed background jobs incorrectly listed as 'unknown signal (core dumped)'

[Frank Terbeck]

Axel Beckert wrote:
>> Here's the upstream commit:
>> 
>> commit 12d950ba0cc345d047c94c9d94325dbfe47fc79d
>> Author: Barton E. Schaefer <schaefer at zsh.org>
>> Date:   Thu Feb 23 16:19:07 2017 -0800
>
> Indeed looks small.
>
> Daniel, Frank: Do we have to expect any side effects from
> cherry-picking that commit for 5.3.1?

The signals code has always been hairy  (as with any code base I'd say).
That change  looks right to  me (with my  limited knowledge of  the code
paths in question), and possible side effects should be harmless.

No guarantees, of course. :)


Regards, Frank
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