Re: Possible bug in wait4(), 2.1.126-129 ?

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@noris.de)
11 Dec 1998 12:54:53 +0100

hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin) writes:
> By author: David Luyer <luyer@ucs.uwa.edu.au>
> >
> > Isn't it also fair to say that a Strictly Conforming POSIX.1 Application
> > shouldn't fail to function due to being started by something that isn't
> > one (crond)? [...]
>
> No, it isn't, because there is no way a Strictly Conforming POSIX.1
> Application can detect and recover from that condition.
>
Why should a program which calls signal(SIGCHLD,SIG_DFL) be nonconforming?

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