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Diffstat (limited to 'pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py b/pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py index d57ccab2b..a1467b0b5 100644 --- a/pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py +++ b/pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py @@ -56,10 +56,17 @@ class AsynchronousTask(SlotObject): return self.returncode def cancel(self): + """ + Cancel the task, but do not wait for exit status. If asynchronous exit + notification is desired, then use addExitListener to add a listener + before calling this method. + NOTE: Synchronous waiting for status is not supported, since it would + be vulnerable to hitting the recursion limit when a large number of + tasks need to be terminated simultaneously, like in bug #402335. + """ if not self.cancelled: self.cancelled = True self._cancel() - self.wait() def _cancel(self): """ |