Re: [Help-smalltalk] Any way to disable the "Alarm clock"?

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 05/26/2010 07:13 PM, Rick Flower wrote:
> On Sun, 16 May 2010 08:57:02 +0200, Paolo Bonzini<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 03:23, Rick Flower<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > > I've got a script that takes a bit of time to run and
> > > it seems to generate an Alarm clock message and abort
> > > before its done.. Is there a way to either override the
> > > duration or shut it off altogether?
> >
> > It's a bug in GNU Smalltalk, possibly triggered by a bug in your
> > script (or maybe not).  The "Alarm clock" is used to implement the
> > Delay class.
> >
> > Can you attach the script or a "strace" of its execution?
>
> Paolo,
>
> Is the Alarm also possibly working as a means to ensuring a
> script does not 'run-away' and get stuck?

No, the alarm is just a SIGALRM that is not properly trapped.  It should 
never happen.

Please include a "strace -e sigaction" or something like that.

Paolo