>> NetBSD has a "Why implement traditional vfork()" page that explains
>> why they reimplemented vfork(). It seems vfork() is still good.
>>
>> http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/kernel/vfork.html
>
> "It shaves several seconds off a build of libc on a 200MHz PPro."
>
> If the libc build only takes 1-3 minutes I might buy that argument.
NetBSD does not use glibc, so that would be believable.
Suggestion to those wanting to make Linux use one Makefile for speed:
perhaps your efforts would be better spent on glibc Makefiles,
which have quite a reputation for the time they take just to find
out there is nothing to build.
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