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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"La experiencia nos dice que el hombre peló millones de veces las patatas,
pero era forzoso admitir la posibilidad de que en un caso entre millones,
las patatas pelarían al hombre" (Ijon Tichy)
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