5 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 6d853362..dbae9b03 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1468,6 +1468,8 @@ Udo Richter <udo_richter@gmx.de>
  for reporting a problem with cPlugin::ConfigDirectory() in case a plugin calls it
  from a separate thread
  for reporting that an assignment in svdrp.c didn't use the cTimer::operator=())
+ for suggesting that the function cThread::Cancel() should only set 'running' to
+ false and not actually kill the thread if the special value -1 is given
 
 Sven Kreiensen <svenk@kammer.uni-hannover.de>
  for his help in keeping 'channels.conf.terr' up to date
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 455a6a1c..17191e00 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4930,3 +4930,8 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 2006-09-23: Version 1.4.3
 
 - Official release.
+
+2006-09-24: Version 1.4.3-1
+
+- The function cThread::Cancel() now only sets 'running' to false and does not
+  actually kill the thread if the special value -1 is given (suggested by Udo Richter).
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index bb9070e9..bc3ebd64 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: config.h 1.271 2006/09/23 13:56:08 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: config.h 1.272 2006/09/24 10:09:25 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 // VDR's own version number:
 
-#define VDRVERSION  "1.4.3"
+#define VDRVERSION  "1.4.3-1"
 #define VDRVERSNUM   10403  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
 
 // The plugin API's version number:
diff --git a/thread.c b/thread.c
index 8b6e58f4..2e145e50 100644
--- a/thread.c
+++ b/thread.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: thread.c 1.57 2006/08/20 10:20:44 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: thread.c 1.58 2006/09/24 12:54:47 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "thread.h"
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ bool cThread::Active(void)
 void cThread::Cancel(int WaitSeconds)
 {
   running = false;
-  if (active) {
+  if (active && WaitSeconds > -1) {
      if (WaitSeconds > 0) {
         for (time_t t0 = time(NULL) + WaitSeconds; time(NULL) < t0; ) {
             if (!Active())
diff --git a/thread.h b/thread.h
index 341e87d0..6211e2c1 100644
--- a/thread.h
+++ b/thread.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: thread.h 1.36 2006/01/08 11:40:23 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: thread.h 1.37 2006/09/24 10:10:37 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __THREAD_H
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ protected:
        ///< the Action() loop can finish in an orderly fashion and then waiting
        ///< up to WaitSeconds seconds for the thread to actually end. If the
        ///< thread doesn't end by itself, it is killed.
+       ///< If WaitSeconds is -1, only 'running' is set to false and Cancel()
+       ///< returns immediately, without killing the thread.
 public:
   cThread(const char *Description = NULL);
        ///< Creates a new thread.