Email List: Xaustin-group-lX
[All Lists]

RE: Re: set -e and SIGCHLD

To: "'Marc Aurele La France'" <yyy@xxxxxxxxxxx>, yyyyyyyyyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Re: set -e and SIGCHLD
From: Bruce Korb <yyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:45:29 -0800
Thank you Marc,

> To my way of thinking, the solution is clear:  have conforming exec()
> implementations >always< reset SIGC[H]LD dispositions to SIG_DFL, and 
> SA_NOCLDWAIT to zero.  This is the only technically sound solution.

One other option tho: an environment variable a la LD_RUN_PATH et al.:

  export INHERIT_SIGCHLD_IGNORE=true

for anyone that really, really wants this incomprehensible
functionality.

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>