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To: peter@netplex.com.au
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Subject: Re: signal permissions 
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Quoth Peter Wemm on Sat, 24 April:
: Anthony Kimball wrote:
: > 
: > Here's a trial balloon: Anyone who can write to an executable file
: > should be permitted to signal a derived process.
: 
: Umm, do you mean "could if not for ETXTBSY"?

I meant 'should...' as in 'a change should be accepted for inclusion into 
the code base such that...'

I don't understand how your 'could...' formulation applies though,
even in the absence of ETXTBSY.


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