--- Sebastian Kapfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can find a use for stdio FD's
> in the new process either. The exec'd process can't
> even know which FD corresponds to which file.

I'm assuming from the context of your message that you
meant "CAN'T find a use ... either". But the whole
point of a general purpose API (which is what libc is
and presumably is what ALSA aspires to have) is to
support *ALL* possible uses, whether you can imagine
them or not.

The API does not *need* to set the FD_CLOEXEC flag,
and so it should not. It is the height of arrogance to
assume that something has no use simply because you
can't imagine using it.

Chris


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