Re: linux has added "close on exec" flags to lots of fd calls

[Love Hörnquist Åstrand <lha%kth.se@localhost>]

> > Seems easier just to do open with the additional flag.
>
> Not if you want to write portable software.

This is how you write portable code.

#ifndef F_CLOEXEC
#define F_CLOEXEC 0
#endif

....

fd = open(... F_CLOEXEC);
if (fd < 0) fail();
set_cloexec(fd);

You are proposing changing 10-15 years old c library api/abi that  
supports threads today. Even better, thease are suport libaries that  
are used by other support libraries 4-5 layers deep, and you want to  
change their interface. Very few of them are under my control.

As I see it, NetBSD can choose to be supporting safe function usage, I  
think netbsd should, since I'll use the feature if its there.

Love