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

2008/11/20 Neale Pickett <neale_AT_woozle.org>:
> 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?

I'm fine to add it in 5.3, since it seems to work quite well.

Kind regards,
Anselm
Received on Thu Nov 20 2008 - 18:01:06 UTC