[perl #24892] alarm not working with Windows XP

On Tue May 04 12:05:11 2004, guest wrote:
> I have found similiar behavior on Windows 2000 machine using <STDIN> as
> the delay factor, Perl 5.8.4.
> 
> $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "Alarm!\n" };
> 
> alarm 2;
> 
> my $ans = <STDIN>;
> chomp($ans);
> 
> print "No alarm.\n";
> 
> This may help find the root cause of the problem, since it's a simpler
> test case.

I just built Perl on WinXP, and while this is still present, perlport's
note of alarm() somewhat explains what's going on. But in any case,
could a Windows porter take a look at this?


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• [perl #24892] alarm not working with Windows XP by Brian Fraser via RT
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• Re: [perl #24892] alarm not working with Windows XP by Eric Brine
• [perl #24892] alarm not working with Windows XP by bulk 88 via RT
• [perl #24892] alarm not working with Windows XP by bulk 88 via RT