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Pass WINCH signal to child process

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@aaruni96 is already working on this.

Since Aug 1, 2023.

  • #586 by @aaruni96 — open
  • #809 by @smcv — open
  • #812 by @birneee — open

Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c, linux

Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported behavior with strace cat inside the sandbox, then trace bubblewrap's child-process and signal-handling entry points. Done means SIGWINCH reaches the sandboxed child without weakening the stated security boundary, with the behavior verified by an appropriate regression check.

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Description

Program running in sandbox is not getting SIGWINCH events (this can be verified easily by doing "strace cat"). It seems to me that forwarding this signal would be quite useful and wouldn't be a security issue.

Dominant language
C
Stars
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Forks
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Avg merge
17h 45m
Merged PRs (30d)
10

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