Greetings! I am exercising this patch in case you want to try it out.
modified gcl/o/unixsys.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
#if !defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+ #include <spawn.h>
+
int
vsystem(const char *command) {
@@ -58,11 +60,27 @@ vsystem(const char *command) {
}
- if (!(pid=pvfork())) {
- errno=0;
- execvp(*p1,(void *)p1);
- _exit(128|(errno&0x7f));
+ {
+
+ posix_spawnattr_t attr;
+ posix_spawn_file_actions_t file_actions;
+ extern char **environ;
+
+ massert(!posix_spawn_file_actions_init(&file_actions));
+ massert(!posix_spawnattr_init(&attr));
+
+ massert(!posix_spawnp(&pid, *p1, &file_actions, &attr, (void *)p1,
environ));
+
+ massert(!posix_spawnattr_destroy(&attr));
+ massert(!posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(&file_actions));
+
}
+
+ /* if (!(pid=pvfork())) { */
+ /* errno=0; */
+ /* execvp(*p1,(void *)p1); */
+ /* _exit(128|(errno&0x7f)); */
+ /* } */
massert(pid>0);
massert(pid==waitpid(pid,&s,0));
Take care,
--
Camm Maguire c...@maguirefamily.org
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