Mike Frysinger wrote:
> all documentation on vfork() is very clear: the only thing you can rely on 
> portably after a vfork() is to call _exit() or an exec() function.

That's what POSIX says.  It turns out even that may not be safe: some
versions of Glibc call malloc() and realloc() inside execvp() and
execlp(), which is to say the least risky.

-- Jamie
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