Subject: Re: Real vfork() (was: third results)
To: None <jiho@postal.c-zone.net>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/04/1998 20:15:54
On Sat, 04 Apr 1998 19:59:48 -0000 (GMT) 
 jiho@postal.c-zone.net wrote:

 > > CHANGES isn't a list of every single change to the system.  It's a
 > > summary of "significant changes."
 > 
 > I think it's generally significant if there are programs that needed revision
 > to work right with a revised system call.

Not really.  They would work, unless errors occurred, in which case they could
lose.  Also, the sycall was done in such a way as to make old programs use the
old vfork.

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