Porting on FreeBSD 53

[Seán C. Farley]

On Thu, 12 May 2005, Hervé Kergourlay wrote:

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> 4) wait() API
>
> 2 problems, the first is a ECHILD error on a wait call after a fork fork
> The code is generic for most of unix system. Is there any specific problems 
> to manage the fork and wait APIs ?
> the second problem with calls is a blocking wait() call in the same condition 
> but this time the son process is finished but the wait call in the father 
> stays blocked, again it's a generic Unix code
>
> If there is no evidence, ask me for more informations

The second problem sounds like what I am encountering
(http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=77818) with zsh for my
shell.  You did suspend (sigsuspend()) SIGCHLD before the fork?  By
"fork fork", do you mean you fork twice?

Seán
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