From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 31 6:42:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (draco.over-yonder.net [198.78.58.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45BF237B419 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 06:42:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 24E2BFC4; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:42:13 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:42:13 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Brett Glass Cc: Ryan Thompson , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lions and tigers and... chickens? Message-ID: <20011231084213.A32393@over-yonder.net> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011229182741.02ff21a0@localhost> <20011229230235.Q46948-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20011231010840.01d814d0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i 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 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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