Re: sigaction, fork, malloc, and futex

[Steve Beaty]

> Uhh... just read that POSIX actually allows that.  Evil!
> I guess you're entering undiscovered land...

	it's funny how often i am there :-) :-)

> No fprintf and exit in a signal handler!  Use write and _exit instead.

	doesn't seem to matter...

> This exit is dubious too.  _exit is better.

	nor does this...  i know better than to use *printf and exit; i was
	eager to get other's views on this...

> Good luck, you may need it - ET.

	i do! :-)  the code seems to work on Ultrix, Solaris, and OSX.
	this doesn't imply that it should :-)

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