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! -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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