(process_send_signal) [SIGNALS_VIA_CHARACTERS, HAVE_TERMIOS]:

If there's no char for this signal, drop through and use system calls.

diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index 21ab46f0d851735e2f207d5672cb70734f3fa3a7..d20290813e146723f46aecd5c5b4df0a4e6ad940 100644 (file)
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -5578,8 +5578,12 @@ process_send_signal (process, signo, current_group, nomsg)
        }
 
       if (sig_char && *sig_char != CDISABLE)
-       send_process (proc, sig_char, 1, Qnil);
-      return;
+       {
+         send_process (proc, sig_char, 1, Qnil);
+         return;
+       }
+      /* If we can't send the signal with a character,
+        fall through and send it another way.  */
 #else /* ! HAVE_TERMIOS */
 
       /* On Berkeley descendants, the following IOCTL's retrieve the
@@ -5636,9 +5640,12 @@ process_send_signal (process, signo, current_group, nomsg)
         you'd better be using one of the alternatives above!  */
 #endif /* ! defined (TCGETA) */
 #endif /* ! defined (TIOCGLTC) && defined (TIOCGETC) */
-#endif /* ! defined HAVE_TERMIOS */
+       /* In this case, the code above should alway returns.  */
        abort ();
-      /* The code above always returns from the function.  */
+#endif /* ! defined HAVE_TERMIOS */
+
+      /* The code above may fall through if it can't
+        handle the signal.  */
 #endif /* defined (SIGNALS_VIA_CHARACTERS) */
 
 #ifdef TIOCGPGRP