> Nevertheless all programs, I believe, in /sys/src are written assuming 
> rfork() may return -l:

* cifs keepalive thread may not start
* ssh2 will malfunction in ssh.c
* htmlroff will malfunction
* imap4d idle will fail with no warning
* upas/scanmail:/^qmail, same issue
* page/gs.c will die wierdly

etc.

so is is incorrect to assume that plan 9 programs even have code to handle
fork errors.

- erik

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