Re: why does ignoring sigCHLD corrupt return value from system()?

I can reproduce this with 5.6.1 and 5.005_02 on Solaris 7. And with 5.8.0, 5.6.1, and 5.005_03 on Solaris 8.

But I can't with 5.8.0 on Linux 2.4.18 (libc-2.2.93).

-sauoq
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Re: Re: why does ignoring sigCHLD corrupt return value from system()? by ant9000 (Monk) on Nov 05, 2003 at 09:35 UTC
Tested on Linux: RH7.2, i386, perl 5.6.1, kernel 2.4.20, glibc 2.2.4: I get the expected result, ie -1 if system() fails and 5 if prog2.pl is run, independently of how sigCHILD is handled. RH9a, i386, perl 5.8.0, kernel 2.4.20, glibc 2.3.2: when prog2.pl get executed, ignoring sigCHILD returns -1 instead of 5 It definitely looks like a bug.	[reply]


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