Re: [exim-dev] can waitpid() fail?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Michael Haardt
CC: exim-dev
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] can waitpid() fail?
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Michael Haardt wrote:

> > Er wait, I *can* see how it can go wrong. If fork() fails ...
>
> Don't forget EINTR, either.


That's the point of the loop.

> I don't know how Exim deals with SIGCHLD, but from the Linux manual:


That's what I was glossing over when I said "if it's created correctly";
I meant "with SIGCHLD suitably set up".

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