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Author	fweimer
Recipients	fweimer, gregory.p.smith, pablogsal, ronaldoussoren, serhiy.storchaka, vstinner
Date	2018-09-19.14:15:37
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Message-id	<1537366537.93.0.956365154283.issue34663@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I wouldn't bother with POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK on GNU/Linux. Current versions of glibc always use a vfork-style clone call, so there would be a difference on older versions only. But there, the vfork code has subtle bugs, so using POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK there is not a good idea, either.

I wouldn't bother with POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK on GNU/Linux.  Current versions of glibc always use a vfork-style clone call, so there would be a difference on older versions only.  But there, the vfork code has subtle bugs, so using POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK there is not a good idea, either.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2018-09-19 14:15:37	fweimer	set	recipients: + fweimer, gregory.p.smith, ronaldoussoren, vstinner, serhiy.storchaka, pablogsal
2018-09-19 14:15:37	fweimer	set	messageid: <1537366537.93.0.956365154283.issue34663@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2018-09-19 14:15:37	fweimer	link	issue34663 messages
2018-09-19 14:15:37	fweimer	create