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changeset 17658:c8e1e9450f92
doc: document exec* = spawn+exit bug with non-Cygwin Windows platforms
Problem reported by Eli Zaretskii in:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grep/2014-05/msg00118.html
* doc/posix-functions/execl.texi (execl):
* doc/posix-functions/execle.texi (execle):
* doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi (execlp):
* doc/posix-functions/execv.texi (execv):
* doc/posix-functions/execve.texi (execve):
* doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi (execvp):
Mention spawn+exit problem on non-Cygwin Windows platforms.
author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> |
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date | Thu, 15 May 2014 13:07:50 -0700 |
parents | ff09c8d33967 |
children | 3e1daa05022b |
files | ChangeLog doc/posix-functions/execl.texi doc/posix-functions/execle.texi doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi doc/posix-functions/execv.texi doc/posix-functions/execve.texi doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi |
diffstat | 7 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog Thu May 15 05:37:17 2014 -0700 +++ b/ChangeLog Thu May 15 13:07:50 2014 -0700 @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +2014-05-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + doc: document exec* = spawn+exit bug with non-Cygwin Windows platforms + Problem reported by Eli Zaretskii in: + http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grep/2014-05/msg00118.html + * doc/posix-functions/execl.texi (execl): + * doc/posix-functions/execle.texi (execle): + * doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi (execlp): + * doc/posix-functions/execv.texi (execv): + * doc/posix-functions/execve.texi (execve): + * doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi (execvp): + Mention spawn+exit problem on non-Cygwin Windows platforms. + 2014-05-14 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <guito.linux@gmail.com> getlogin-tests: avoid false failure under sudo/ssh etc.
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execl.texi Thu May 15 05:37:17 2014 -0700 +++ b/doc/posix-functions/execl.texi Thu May 15 13:07:50 2014 -0700 @@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ @item On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run: Cygwin 1.5.x. +@item +On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function operates by spawning +and then by exiting the current process, which means the current +process's parent may incorrectly proceed as if its child had exited. @end itemize
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execle.texi Thu May 15 05:37:17 2014 -0700 +++ b/doc/posix-functions/execle.texi Thu May 15 13:07:50 2014 -0700 @@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ @item On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run: Cygwin 1.5.x. +@item +On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function operates by spawning +and then by exiting the current process, which means the current +process's parent may incorrectly proceed as if its child had exited. @end itemize
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi Thu May 15 05:37:17 2014 -0700 +++ b/doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi Thu May 15 13:07:50 2014 -0700 @@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ @item On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run: Cygwin 1.5.x. +@item +On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function operates by spawning +and then by exiting the current process, which means the current +process's parent may incorrectly proceed as if its child had exited. @end itemize
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execv.texi Thu May 15 05:37:17 2014 -0700 +++ b/doc/posix-functions/execv.texi Thu May 15 13:07:50 2014 -0700 @@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ @item On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run: Cygwin 1.5.x. +@item +On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function operates by spawning +and then by exiting the current process, which means the current +process's parent may incorrectly proceed as if its child had exited. @end itemize
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execve.texi Thu May 15 05:37:17 2014 -0700 +++ b/doc/posix-functions/execve.texi Thu May 15 13:07:50 2014 -0700 @@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ @item On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run: Cygwin 1.5.x. +@item +On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function operates by spawning +and then by exiting the current process, which means the current +process's parent may incorrectly proceed as if its child had exited. @end itemize
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi Thu May 15 05:37:17 2014 -0700 +++ b/doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi Thu May 15 13:07:50 2014 -0700 @@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ @item On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run: Cygwin 1.5.x. +@item +On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function operates by spawning +and then by exiting the current process, which means the current +process's parent may incorrectly proceed as if its child had exited. @end itemize