Subject: Re: Real vfork() (was: third results)
To: None <jiho@postal.c-zone.net>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/09/1998 13:17:08 
> CSRG stated POSIX compliance as a goal for 4.4BSD, and vfork() is not in the
> POSIX specification.  It's regarded as a BSD quirk.

How is POSIX compliance relevant?

I mean, as you say, vfork() is simply not specified by POSIX.
Meaning, it's not explicitly required, nor is it explicitly
disallowed.



cgd