Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows

Jan Dubois wrote:
> I broke the kill(0, $pid) behavior on Windows with change 29605
> (the one implementing killpg()):
> 
>     http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse/p/29605
> 
> The problem is that OpenProcess() returns a HANDLE, but on error it
> returns NULL and not the usual INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE. I assume the reason
> for this is that at the kernel level, the INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE bit
> pattern is the same as the pseudo handle for the current process.
> 
> The attached patch restores kill(0, $pid) behavior.

Good catch! I guess there really ought to be a test for this behaviour. 
I'll have a look later if nobody else beats me to it.

Anyway, applied as #30970. Thanks.

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• [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Jan Dubois
• Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Steve Hay
• Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Steve Hay
• RE: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Jan Dubois
• Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Steve Hay
• RE: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Jan Dubois
• Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Steve Hay
• Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Garrett Cooper
• Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Steve Hay
• Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by youshi10
• RE: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Jan Dubois
• Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Steve Hay
• killpg() on Windows by Jan Dubois
• RE: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Jan Dubois
• Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Steve Hay
• RE: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Jan Dubois
• Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Garrett Cooper
• Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Garrett Cooper
• Re: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by youshi10
• RE: [PATCH] Fix kill(0, $pid) on Windows by Jan Dubois