Module Name: src
Committed By: nia
Date: Tue Jun 8 16:15:12 UTC 2021
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/sys: vfork.2
Log Message:
vfork.2: recommend posix_spawn instead
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.28 -r1.29 src/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2
diff -u src/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2:1.28 src/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2:1.29
--- src/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2:1.28 Sat May 19 05:39:21 2018
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 Tue Jun 8 16:15:11 2021
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: vfork.2,v 1.28 2018/05/19 05:39:21 kamil Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: vfork.2,v 1.29 2021/06/08 16:15:11 nia Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)vfork.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\"
-.Dd May 19, 2018
+.Dd June 8, 2021
.Dt VFORK 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ Same as for
.Xr execve 2 ,
.Xr fork 2 ,
.Xr sigaction 2 ,
-.Xr wait 2
+.Xr wait 2 ,
+.Xr posix_spawn 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn vfork
@@ -137,3 +138,6 @@ or
signals; rather, output or
.Xr ioctl 2
calls are allowed and input attempts result in an end-of-file indication.
+.Pp
+New applications should prefer
+.Xr posix_spawn 3 .
