Re: Terminating on signal SIGALRM(14)

On Apr 5, 2006, at 04:52, Steven Mackenzie wrote:

> I'm going to stick at 0.29 for now becuase I am writing my app using
> ActiveState's Komodo IDE (version 3.5.2, with AS Perl 5.8.7.815). If I
> use the 0.3301 version of POE (from CPAN), then when I try to debug  
> POE
> code in the IDE, the program quits as soon as the POE code is started
> with this error: Terminating on signal SIGALRM(14)
>
> I don't get that problem with the 0.29 PPM from Active State, so I'll
> stay there for now, as it seems to work!
Older POE versions registered handlers for most of %SIG by default,  
including SIGALRM.  Your program probably gets a _signal event that  
you don't handle (turn on POE_ASSERT_DEFAULT to verify that it bombs).
Signal semantics have changed in 0.33.  This is according to a plan  
that's over a year old.  Now POE registers signal handlers for  
signals when you call $kernel->sig().  SIGCHLD is an exception  
because NOT handling them by default causes zombies.
So it looks like you'll be staying with 0.29 for a while. :)  You  
should probably grab a copy of it for safekeeping.  Hopefully  
ActiveState will update POE's PPD when 0.34 is released.  If not,  
there may be some point releases to resolve minor installer issues.
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Rocco Caputo - rcaputo@xxxxxxxxx