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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Zombie processes
To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 14:11:07 -0700 (MST)
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> > Alternately, set a signal handler of SIG_IGN for SIGCHLD.  This is
> > guaranteed to not create zombies in the first place for all POSIX
> > compliant or conformant OS's.
> 
> You are wrong with this opinion, and you have been told this before.
> So please, don't confuse innocent readers by re-posting wrong
> opinions.
> 
> Posix doesn't specify this behaviour; i.e., it neither mandates nor
> forbids it.

I didn't say it did.

I said all POSIX compliant or conformant acted this way.

It was a (not very) veiled barb at FreeBSD being different just to be
different.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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or previous employers.