[PATCH v4 1/1] ldconfig: add --install option
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Tue Jun 9 09:28:27 GMT 2026
* Andreas Schwab:
> On Jun 08 2026, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
>> It's the way I've always done that, because on some OSs (including
>> Linux), read and write can return a partial count if the program
>> receives a signal.
>
> That happens only for potentially blocking I/O like pipes or sockets.
> You would also have to handle EINTR (we have TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY for
> that).
And it requires installing a signal handler. Otherwise, the process
just goes away. I don't think installs signal handlers.
Thanks,
Florian
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