--- 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel