@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ NOTE that the updated driver *REQUIRES JDK 1.8+*.
See the **Usage** section for an example.
## IMPORTANT
Since R 3.5 (I don't remember this happening in R 3.4.x) signals sent from interrupting Athena JDBC calls crash the R interpreter. You need to set the `-Xrs` option to avoid signals being passed on to the JVM owner. That has to be done _before_ `rJava` is loaded so you either need to remember to put it at the top of all scripts _or_ stick this in your local `~/.Rprofile` and/or sitewide `Rprofile`:
```r
if (!grepl("-Xrs", getOption("java.parameters", ""))) {
@ -25,6 +25,21 @@ NOTE that the updated driver *REQUIRES JDK 1.8+*.
See the **Usage** section for an example.
## IMPORTANT
Since R 3.5 (I don't remember this happening in R 3.4.x) signals sent from interrupting Athena JDBC calls crash the R interpreter. You need to set the `-Xrs` option to avoid signals being passed on to the JVM owner. That has to be done _before_`rJava` is loaded so you either need to remember to put it at the top of all scripts _or_ stick this in your local `~/.Rprofile` and/or sitewide `Rprofile`:
```r
if (!grepl("-Xrs", getOption("java.parameters", ""))) {