Re: [dwm] patch to not reparent children to init

From: Neale Pickett <neale_AT_woozle.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:57:17 -0700

Neale Pickett <neale_AT_woozle.org> writes:

> "Anselm R Garbe" <garbeam_AT_gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Well, I remember there was a problem with the SIGCHLD signal handler,
>> I need to recheck with Stevens tomorrow. It might be that this was on
>> some ancient UNIX though. But the double-fork is definately the most
>> portable solution.
>
> I assert that my SIGCHLD solution is just as portable as the
> double-fork, and is more appropriate, since the double-fork is usually
> only done in daemons.

So what's the verdict on this?

Neale
Received on Thu Nov 20 2008 - 17:57:17 UTC

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