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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@packetdesign.com>
Subject: Re: standards/43335: libc_r: execve() and close-on-exec flag, interrupted
 write()
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The following reply was made to PR standards/43335; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Archie Cobbs <archie@packetdesign.com>
To: Andriy Gapon <agapon@excite.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: standards/43335: libc_r: execve() and close-on-exec flag, interrupted
 write()
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:38:18 -0800

 Andriy Gapon wrote:
 >>I'll leave the execve() bug for others to consider; it's not clear
 >>what the right thing is.
 > 
 > Thanks a lot, Archie.
 > 
 > execve() patch is to leave alone descriptors which have close-on-exec flag
 > set, it must :-) be correct since from point of view of such descriptors
 > there are no execs in the world.
 
 You're right.. I've committed the execve(2) fix too, as well as the
 writev(2) fix. All will be MFC'd within the week.
 
 Cheers,
 -Archie
 
 __________________________________________________________________________
 Archie Cobbs     *     Packet Design     *     http://www.packetdesign.com
 

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