Remove old SIGCHILD compatibility hack

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/src/view.py b/src/view.py
index acb3862..32cb580 100755
--- a/src/view.py
+++ b/src/view.py
@@ -30,29 +30,6 @@ from jarabe.controlpanel.inlinealert import InlineAlert
 import model
 from model import _humanize_size, _svg2pixbuf, inhibit_suspend
 
-# COMPATIBILITY HACK: work around trac #8532 by forcibly removing the
-# SIGCHLD handler (and the necessity for one)
-import sugar3.activity.activityfactory
-if hasattr(sugar3.activity.activityfactory, '_sigchild_handler'):
-    from ctypes import CDLL, Structure, c_voidp, c_int, c_ulong, pointer
-    import signal
-    libc = CDLL("libc.so.6")
-    SA_NOCLDWAIT = 2 # according to /usr/include/bits/sigaction.h
-    class SIGACTION(Structure):
-        _fields_ = [('sa_handler', c_voidp),
-                    ('sa_sigaction', c_voidp),
-                    ('sa_mask', c_ulong), # sigset_t
-                    ('sa_flags', c_int),
-                    ('sa_restorer', c_voidp)]
-    desired = SIGACTION(None, # SIG_DFL, according to /usr/include/asm-generic/signal.h
-                        None,
-                        0,
-                        SA_NOCLDWAIT,
-                        None)
-    libc.sigaction(signal.SIGCHLD, pointer(desired), None)
-# END COMPATIBILITY HACK
-
-
 # configuration constants needed for control panel framework
 CLASS = 'ActivityUpdater'
 ICON = 'module-updater'