the kernel fix does indeed keep ; for(i in `{seq 1 $n}){>/dev/null echo fu&} ; for(i in `{seq 1 $n}){>/dev/null echo fu&} from hanging.however, i think the fix to rc might be in error. if i do this #!/bin/rc cmd1& cmd2& wait shouldn't that wait for both processes? for example, on an older rc, from this script #/bin/rc date sleep 15 & sleep 30 & wait date i get Mon Dec 18 10:57:43 EST 2006 Mon Dec 18 10:58:13 EST 2006 whereas with the rc from friday, i get ; 8.out broken! date ; sleep 15 & sleep 30 & wait ; date Mon Dec 18 11:00:33 EST 2006 Mon Dec 18 11:00:33 EST 2006
You're right. I forgot about "wait". I reverted the change to rc. Note that if you add "wait" to your hanging example it will not necessarily wait for all of the echos, only the first 128 or so. Russ
