On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:44:02PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 13:16, HISADAMasaki wrote:
> > -- line 236 ---
> > - pgsignal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
> >
> > -- line 236 ---
> > + pgsignal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
>
> I'm not sure I understand why its returned -1, though I'll take you
> recommendation. I've not witnessed such an issue. What system are you
> running, or is it a default shell issue?
>
> Do people think that the change is appropriate for all systems, or just
> the one you're using?
My manpage for signal(2) says that you shouldn't assign SIG_IGN to
SIGCHLD, according to POSIX. It goes on to say that BSD and SysV
behaviors differ on this aspect.
(This is on linux BTW)
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