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fork/exec fixed? [was Re: How to build static lib's]
- To: Mumit Khan <khan at thor dot xraylith dot wisc dot edu>
- Subject: fork/exec fixed? [was Re: How to build static lib's]
- From: "Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 16:22:46 -0400
- CC: Kevin Wright <kwright at aspectdv dot com>, cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <199909271931.OAA11630@mercury.xraylith.wisc.edu>
Mumit Khan wrote:
>
> This problem is due to a bug in cygwin-b20, and is fixed in recent
> snapshots. In most cases, it is quite harmless (unless you're creating
> subprocesses using fork/exec, in which case odd things may happen).
>
Does this mean that the old fork/exec problem that plagued cygwin-perl a
while back is fixed in recent snapshots? Not fixed? Partially fixed?
Reference: "fork + dlls" thread on May 21-23, 1999.
--Chuck
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