Attachment 6714 Details for Bug 16085 – signal only works in main thread

[patch] signal only works in main thread

signal_error.patch (text/plain), 655 bytes, created by Philippe Makowski on 2015-06-08 19:08:04 CEST

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Creator: Philippe Makowski

Created: 2015-06-08 19:08:04 CEST

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obsolete

--- /usr/share/system-config-printer/mga_printer_custom.py	2015-04-09 20:27:34.000000000 +0200
+++ /home/philippe/mageia/cauldron/mga_printer_custom.py	2015-06-06 19:47:23.846367320 +0200
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@
         os.system("/sbin/modprobe ppdev")
 
 def is_installed_packages(packages):
-    signal.signal (signal.SIGCHLD, signal.SIG_DFL)
+    # 2015-06-06 Philippe Makowski
+    # for now only avoid error if we are not in the main thread
+    # better use threading module for that I guess
+    try:
+        signal.signal (signal.SIGCHLD, signal.SIG_DFL)
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
 
     all_packages = ""
     for package in packages:

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