console-rs / console-rs/console

SIGWINCH generates SIGINT

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Description

If we look at the code located here https://github.com/console-rs/console/blob/master/src/unix_term.rs#L325
you should realize that EINTR can be generated also by other signals than SIGINT.
In my application, if I resize the terminal, a SIGWINCH signal is thrown, but your crate translates that SIGWINCH (which generates an EINTR) to a SIGINT, so you're throwing an unwanted SIGINT to the "outselves", causing my application to brutally exit (since it received a SIGINT).
PLEASE FIX THIS!

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Start in src/unix_term.rs around line 325 and trace how EINTR is handled when terminal signals occur. Reproduce the SIGWINCH case and verify that resizing the terminal no longer produces SIGINT, while the existing SIGINT behavior remains intact.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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Quiet
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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