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From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Subject: Re: Whither wait_t?
To: jkh@freefall.freebsd.org (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 08:39:20 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <199509232157.OAA03165@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Sep 23, 95 02:57:41 pm
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As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> Shouldn't it be defined in sys/wait.h?  Not in 2.1! :-(
> 
> What's our evil friend POSIX say?

Since the man page claims:

STANDARDS
     The wait() and waitpid() functions are defined by POSIX;

...most likely not.  What is "wait_t"?  Everything in the man page
mentions an int.

(Sorry, 1003.1 is apparently unavailable in electronic form.)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)