Re: Porting vfork()

Anthony Barbachan (barbacha@Hinako.AMBusiness.com)
Fri, 8 Jan 1999 00:59:26 -0500


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@ix.net.nz>
To: kernel@draper.net <kernel@draper.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: Porting vfork()

>On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 03:46:11PM -0600, kernel@draper.net wrote:
>
>> As of late the "different" vfork() behavior in Linux is appearing
>> as a porting problem more often than expected (by me).
>
>Specifically, what is breaking?
>

I'm not sure either, but perl seams to think so. Its configure script
defaults to a broken vfork() on Linux.

>Most applications I've seen that use vfork seem to work without any
>changes here....
>
>
>
>-cw
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