Re: emelfM2 pre-release available

On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:46:49 -0500
<tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> First, can you check for anything informative about waitpid() for your
> specific glibc ?

Well, I have a generic man page "waitpid," but it obviously doesn't relate
to my current libc, as it's dated June, 2001, and glibc-2.3.5 is from 2005.

I do have the texinfo documentation, but I really don't know what sections
to look in. It's a bit of a large attachment to send to the list (about 
920 KB). I could send it to you off-list if you like.

 
>> What's worse... apparently I can no longer quit e2 without killing child
>> processes.
>
> That's a deliberate change. Not for any compelling reason, but to
> make commands consistent with actions (which must be cancelled when a
> session ends) and a probably-mistaken concern about managing zombie
> processes. It could readily be reversed.

Well, since you introduced the option to skip warnings about running
children when quitting, I've been happily running that way without any
issues regarding "zombified" children that I've ever noticed.

> Leaving aside any surprise about the change, I wonder which is the
> "proper" way to handle this ?

I don't know. I'm not sure I've ever seen a GUI file manager that kills
children on exit, though. It's mighty inconvenient, IMO. Maybe it could
be worked out as a user preference?

ciao,
Jonathan

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Jonathan A. Irwin
jnthn_gmane@xxxxxxxxx


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