From: byron@netapp.com (Byron Rakitzis)
To: mkgardne@cs.uiuc.edu
Cc: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: Re: rsh and rc
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 17:39:19 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9612062239.AA04639@netapp.com> (raw)
I've seen this problem on Solaris as well, and I think my shell is
in /etc/shells also.
The problem is that there appears to be a bug in Solaris wait() so
that it returns ECHILD even when there is a dead child outstanding.
The only workaround I have found so far is to recompile with -lbsd
and go with the compatability-package wait(). It appears that POSIX
no longer supports the usual wait semantics. There is some other
call that you are supposed to use instead -- waitpid, something
like that, and I haven't bothered to learn about it yet. Nevermind
that I don't have access to Solaris machines these days any more,
either.
Sorry, I am writing in great haste right now, I hope the above
makes some sense.
Byron.
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1996-12-06 22:39 Byron Rakitzis [this message]
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1996-12-06 21:07 Alan Watson
1996-12-06 20:50 Mark K. Gardner
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