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Date:      Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:42:13 -0600
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Lions and tigers and...   chickens?
Message-ID:  <20011231084213.A32393@over-yonder.net>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011231010840.01d814d0@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:14:33AM -0700
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20011229182741.02ff21a0@localhost> <20011229230235.Q46948-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20011231010840.01d814d0@localhost>

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On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:14:33AM -0700 I heard the voice of
Brett Glass, and lo! it spake thus:
> At 10:41 PM 12/29/2001, Ryan Thompson wrote:
> 
> >It is not necessary to exec() the chicken following a fork().
> 
> Actually, either an execve(2) or prompt termination of the
> child process is expected. From the vfork(2) man page:

Expected and intended, yes, but not required.  Things just get really
weird if you don't.  This happens a lot on our sister OS, FreeLSD.


> All of which, by the way, can be done either with or without 
> Colonel threads. ;-)

True, but have you seen the Colonel lately?  I gots ta get me some of
those threads!



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