From owner-cvs-all Sun Oct 11 08:37:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA06650 for cvs-all-outgoing; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 08:37:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nagual.pp.ru (lsd.relcom.eu.net [193.125.27.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA06638; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 08:37:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ache@nagual.pp.ru) Received: (from ache@localhost) by nagual.pp.ru (8.9.1/8.9.1) id TAA29923; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 19:36:03 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from ache) Message-ID: <19981011193603.A28135@nagual.pp.ru> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 19:36:03 +0400 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" To: Matthew Dillon , Peter Wemm Cc: Bruce Evans , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen popen.c Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Dillon , Peter Wemm , Bruce Evans , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199810110309.LAA18511@spinner.netplex.com.au> <199810110906.CAA02043@apollo.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199810110906.CAA02043@apollo.backplane.com>; from dillon@backplane.com on Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 02:06:17AM -0700 Organization: Biomechanoid Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 02:06:17AM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Wait a second!!!!!! vfork() was specifically designed for situations > where you call the exec*() functions. That's the whole point of > using vfork() rather then fork()!!!!! Yes, I agree too. There is a lots programs which do that way, much more than in our src tree. Exec*() must be fixed instead to avoid calling malloc() -- Andrey A. Chernov http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/ MTH/SH/HE S-- W-- N+ PEC>+ D A a++ C G>+ QH+(++) 666+>++ Y To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message