ctrl_c_handler() vs. cygrunsrv shutdown handling problem

[Jason Tishler]

The SIGTERM signal sent by Cygwin's ctrl_c_handler() is interfering with
cygrunsrv's shutdown handling -- at least for PostgreSQL.  See the
attached for an example of this problem.

The bottom line is ctrl_c_handler()'s SIGTERM signal arrives before the
SIGINT signal sent by cygrunsrv.  This causes PostgreSQL to perform a
"smart" instead of a "fast" shutdown which can cause an improper
shutdown -- at least under XP.  It is possible that other Unix daemons
may be adversely affected by this double signal problem too.

I verified that preventing Cygwin from sending the SIGTERM:

    @@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ ctrl_c_handler (DWORD type)
          is shut down or console window is closed. */
       if (type == CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT)
         {
    -      sig_send (NULL, SIGTERM);
    +      // sig_send (NULL, SIGTERM);
           return FALSE;
         }
       if (type == CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT)

works around the problem.

I'm willing to work up a patch to fix this problem properly.
Unfortunately, the only solution I can think of is a new CYGWIN setting.
Is this acceptable?  If not, any other ideas?

Thanks,
Jason

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