Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Jun 1996 11:22:28 -0400 | From | "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: On SIGCHLD signal semantics |
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 21:44:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Marc Aurele La France <Marc.La-France@UAlberta.CA>
> 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.
Not true. This is a case of "be liberal in what you receive, conservative in what you send."
A System V OS is "POSIX-complaint". However, an application which assumes System V behavior is *not* POSIX-conforming, since it won't run on all POSIX systems.
- Ted
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