Re: vfork

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:18:45 -0500 (EST)


On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Ed Hall wrote:
> As someone who has seen the hubris of numerous Unix vendors in assuming
> that portability isn't their problem--especially when it comes to
> documentation--it pains me when Linux folks take a similar tack. Looked
> at from the perspective of someone coming to Linux from elsewhere in
> the Unix world, your attitude looks downright hostile. Such attitudes
> belong on Slashdot, not here.

s/attitudes/Albert/. And yes, it's a well-known bug. If you have a fix -
feel free to apply it. Just be careful with cops - they may have
objections. procmail makes a decent workaround.

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