Re: [PATCH] Introduce O_CLOEXEC (take >2)

[Ulrich Drepper]

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On 05/31/2007 Davide Libenzi wrote:
> I was talking for a broader usage, not only glibc centric. Most ppl 
> writing MT+exec apps wants all but (eventually) and handfull of files 
> leaking across the exec boundary.

Policies are not the answer.  Using such a flag is no big issue.  *Iff*
we should end up with some form of private file descriptors changing the
default for them would be OK, too.  But the existing semantics mustn't
be touched, even if it is selectable.  Trying to fix existing buggy code
this way is foolish since it might just as well break assumptions in the
same program.

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