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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 16:22:46 -0400
From: "Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Mumit Khan <khan AT thor DOT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu>
CC: Kevin Wright <kwright AT aspectdv DOT com>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: fork/exec fixed? [was Re: How to build static lib's]
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Mumit Khan wrote:

> 
> This problem is due to a bug in cygwin-b20, and is fixed in recent
> snapshots. In most cases, it is quite harmless (unless you're creating
> subprocesses using fork/exec, in which case odd things may happen).
> 

Does this mean that the old fork/exec problem that plagued cygwin-perl a
while back is fixed in recent snapshots? Not fixed? Partially fixed?

Reference: "fork + dlls" thread on May 21-23, 1999.

--Chuck

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