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From: "Chris Stenton" <jacs@gnome.co.uk>
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Subject: pthread - fork - execv problem
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I am trying to help port over an app thats posix threaded. One thread uses
fork,dup2 and execv to start a child programme in this case an mp3 player.
However, under FreeBSD-5.2.1, the execv causes all the threads in the parent
process to be blocked until the child process returns. Is there a mechanism
to get around this.

Thanks


Chris