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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index dce7b38c..df7d3f8c 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -2487,15 +2487,9 @@ declaration <tt>auth password</tt> in your .fetchmailrc.</p> <h2><a id="R13" name="R13">R13. What does "Interrupted system call" mean?</a></h2> -<p>Fetchmail 6.3.5 and newer gave up on the older timeout handling which -could cause unstable behavior. Instead, timeouts now interrupt -long-running functions and are reported as "Interrupted system -call".</p> - -<p>While this loses accuracy of timeout reporting, there is -unfortunately no safe way for C to make extensive use of error -reporting, and the amount of code that would need to be added is too -large for a stable series as 6.3.X is.</p> +<p>Non-fatal signals (such as timers set by fetchmail itself) can +interrupt long-running functions and will then be reported as +"Interrupted system call". These can sometimes be timeouts.</p> <hr/> <h1>Hangs and lockups</h1> |