On 09-Apr-98 Chris G. Demetriou wrote:

>> 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.

Well, it isn't relevant, really.  But in grasping at straws to explain what CSRG
did, that's all I've come up with....


--Jim Howard  <jiho@mail.c-zone.net>
 

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