[GHC] #7229: Detecting if a process was killed by a signal is impossible

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Fri Nov 8 23:05:13 UTC 2013


#7229: Detecting if a process was killed by a signal is impossible
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        Reporter:  benmachine         |            Owner:
            Type:  bug                |           Status:  new
        Priority:  high               |        Milestone:  7.8.1
       Component:  libraries/process  |          Version:
      Resolution:                     |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple   |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown       |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                     |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                     |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by andersk):

 It looks like the current HEAD still uses the ambiguous (128 + signal)
 return codes from comment:3.  I don’t pretend to speak for the developers,
 but from the following comments it looks like everyone agrees that
 committing to this API would be a mistake.

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7229#comment:14>
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