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Re: make: cannot vfork() twice - on darwin



On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:35:00PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 > vforking twice is not allowed.
 > 
 > How about centralizing the logic, something like
 > [snip nonsense]

That will not work; the child process of a vfork cannot return, or it
makes the behavior of the parent undefined. (I would expect this
particular function to be ok, but no use pushing the limits.)

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David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost


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