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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: What is a zombie?
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 16:36:46 -0700
Organization: Me
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J Wunsch wrote:
] Implementing SA_NOCLDWAIT for sa_flags in sigaction(2) would be the
] way to go, but nobody has done this so far in FreeBSD. So your only
] chance is to actually install the d*mn signal handler, and have it
] fetch the exit status of the child.
Then FreeBSD is broken. Someone with commit priveledges to the
tree should commit the (trivial) fix.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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