On Friday 19 October 2001 07:45 am, Jeff Trawick wrote: Expect a patch by Monday night. I have in-laws in town this weekend. :-)
> your opinion :) mine differs; apr_wait_t (definitely should be called > something else) is simply what information the os makes available > regarding the dead child process > > we don't need the native status code to be what the program returned > when it exited, because we provide that in a separate parameter > > > I am very much against changing the API of an APR function temporarily. > > Returning the native exit code is not the correct solution to this > > problem, > > because that code can't really be used in a portable app. If the idea > > is to > > go to three variables in the function, and then move back to two, then > > just > > go straight to two. If the idea is to stick with three forever, then > > -1. > > no, the idea wasn't to go from 3 to 2; I think all three pieces of > information are necessary, but if you want to provide one of the > pieces of information via a different mechanism, then by all means > show us what you mean > > maybe somebody else can jump in here and offer some fresh ideas; maybe > you (Ryan) would be able to find some time to come up with concrete > suggestions for how to convey all the necessary information back to > the app in a politically-correct manner > > we can't have an Apache beta until this stuff is resolved (I wouldn't > veto a beta if just the WCOREDUMP() functionality is missing, but > there must be a design in place to restore that in the short-term); > maybe that will be enough to bring in some more attention/ideas ______________________________________________________________ Ryan Bloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Covalent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------