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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: What is a zombie?
Date: 5 Oct 1996 16:21:54 GMT
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Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote:

> ] Anyway, please use send-pr to submit your patches. ;-)
> 
> The "send-pr" system is ineffective.

In particular, for those who don't use it.  (I cannot find even a
single PR in FreeBSD's history that has been submitted by you, Terry.)

> Besides, the fix is so trivial it is beneath my level of interest
> to pound it through the constipated send-pr pipe.

You obviously don't know what you're talking about.  I just made a
stab on a sample implementation of SA_NOCLDWAIT, and it was quite a
bit of work.  There are a few nasty pitfalls that make it anything
else than `trivial', in particular regarding the destruction of the
old proc's address space.

Of course, i have to accept your argument that you are not interested
in this -- but then, stop bitching about it being trivial and below
Your Great Level of Inspiration.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)