GNU bug report logs - #33154
27.0.50; create_process on Darwin should not invoke setsid() after vfork() [PATCH]

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Message #26 received at 33154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>, 33154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 27.0.50;
 create_process on Darwin should not invoke setsid() after vfork()
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2018 11:53:23 +0300

Yes, dissociate_controlling_tty looks nice.  I thought about checking
what setsid() returns too, but thought I'd do this after some testing.

> Also, I think we can call the function from just two places (not
> three).

Are you sure we can remove that 3rd place?  It dates back to initial
revision from 1992.  And I can't tell why it's there and what it does.

Filipp

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