BUG: ualarm(0,0) not clearing ualarms

[Reid Thompson]

Robb, Sam wrote:
>>> From: "Robb, Sam"
>>>   I'm able to reproduce this on my machine, but only when I'm
>>> running it under rxvt.  If I run it from cmd.exe or within a
>>> standard cygwin bash shell, then it completes without the
>>> '-- BOGUS ALARM --' warnings.
>>>
>>>   $ uname -a
>>>   CYGWIN_NT-5.0 claus 1.5.19(0.150/4/2) 2006-01-20 13:28 i686 Cygwin
>>>
>>>   $ gcc -o ua-test ua-test.c 
>>>
>>>   $ ./ua-test.exe 
>>>   First ualarm  - one shot
>>>   Second ualarm - one shot
>>>   Last ualarm   - repeats 3 times
>>>   Clearing ualarm
>>>   Sleeping
>>>   --- BOGUS ALARM ---
>>>   --- BOGUS ALARM ---
>>>   Done
>>>       
>> I'm the original poster of this bug report.
>> I usually run in an rxvt window, which is where I see the bug.
>> I tried a dos window, and the bug did not occur.
>> Further, it occurs on my Win2K box, but not on my WinXP box.
>>     
>
> Jerry,
>
>   I've cc'd the cygwin list on this reply since the difference
> (Win2K vs. WinXP) may be significant.  I'm also running cygwin
> under Win2K.  It may be that others who have not seen this
> error are also running under XP as well.
>
> -Samrobb
>   
my system is XP/SP2.

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