Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 19 Jun 1996 08:29:55 -0600 (MDT) | From | Marc Aurele La France <> | Subject | Re: On SIGCHLD signal semantics |
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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Marc Aurele La France wrote:
> > Well, to the extent that Linux is trying to provide System V > > compatibility, Linux can also be said to be broken. Yes, applications > > which assume System V behavior are not POSIX-complaint, and it would > > probably be better to make them POSIX complaint.
> No, don't contradict yourself. System V SIGCHLD signal semantics *are* > POSIX compliant, simply because POSIX did not bother making a decision > about SIG_IGN.
After more thought, I wish to retract this statement as it is not true. I apologize for confusing POSIX compliance with POSIX compatibility.
Marc.
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