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Date:      Tue, 22 Apr 1997 19:11:14 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
Cc:        sef@Kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan), current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Recent vfork kernel changes broke csh & tcsh! 
Message-ID:  <199704230211.TAA00458@root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 22 Apr 1997 19:24:54 CDT." <199704230024.TAA02998@dyson.iquest.net> 

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>> Am I the only one who thinks that restoring behaviour known to be a defect
>> in the original implementation is a BAD idea?
>> 
>I don't think that you are the only one.  However, it makes a difference
>of about 3mins out of 1:51 for make world.
>
>I am backing it out anyway.

   Perhaps rfork() should be called directly instead in areas where it is
known to be safe (certain shells, etc).

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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