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Date:      Mon, 4 Nov 2002 20:20:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      Andriy Gapon <agapon@excite.com>
To:        freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: standards/43335: libc_r: execve() and close-on-exec flag, interrupted write()
Message-ID:  <200211050420.gA54K2xf087245@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR standards/43335; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andriy Gapon <agapon@excite.com>
To: Archie Cobbs <archie@packetdesign.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: standards/43335: libc_r: execve() and close-on-exec flag,
 interrupted write()
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:10:35 -0500 (EST)

 On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Archie Cobbs wrote:
 
 > I've committed fixes for the two write(2) bugs:
 >
 >    http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libc_r/uthread/uthread_write.c.diff?r1=1.20&r2=1.21
 >
 > I'll leave the execve() bug for others to consider; it's not clear
 > what the right thing is.
 
 Thanks a lot, Archie.
 
 execve() patch is to leave alone descriptors which have close-on-exec flag
 set, it must :-) be correct since from point of view of such descriptors
 there are no execs in the world.
 
 Thanks again.
 
 -- 
 Andriy Gapon
 *
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