Re: gnome_show_url() hangs in threaded programs

[Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>]

On 2001.08.24 15:52:09 +0100 Toralf Lund wrote:

> 2. If I replace fork() etc. with system(<something>), everything appears to
> work as expected, i.e. the atfork functions are called. I find this a bit
> surprising, since I'm assuming system() does little else than fork(), then
> exec..(<shell>, ...)
> 
not quite. system() knows the current working set will be thrown away so it
uses a lighter fork (prolly clone() but i can't be sure). basicly, it just
creates an entry in the process table instead of seting up the COW of the 
parent working set.

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