Author: markj Date: Sat Nov 17 20:11:39 2018 New Revision: 340516 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/340516
Log: MFC r339692: Clarify slightly the interaction between wait*() and pdfork(). Modified: stable/12/lib/libc/sys/wait.2 Directory Properties: stable/12/ (props changed) Modified: stable/12/lib/libc/sys/wait.2 ============================================================================== --- stable/12/lib/libc/sys/wait.2 Sat Nov 17 20:11:20 2018 (r340515) +++ stable/12/lib/libc/sys/wait.2 Sat Nov 17 20:11:39 2018 (r340516) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)wait.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 1, 2017 +.Dd October 24, 2018 .Dt WAIT 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -597,11 +597,11 @@ fields of .Fa infop must be checked against zero to determine if a process reported status. .Pp +The .Fn wait -called with -1 to wait for any child process will ignore a child that is -referenced by a process descriptor (see -.Xr pdfork 2 ) . -Specific processes can still be waited on by specifying the process ID. +family of functions will not return a child process created with +.Xr pdfork 2 +unless specifically directed to do so by specifying its process ID. .Sh ERRORS The .Fn wait _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
