Message 416905 - Python tracker

Message416905

Author	gregory.p.smith
Recipients	gregory.p.smith, socketpair
Date	2022-04-06.23:01:45
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Immediate action item: Add a way for people to disable vfork at runtime by setting a flag in the subprocess module, just in case. This can be backported to 3.10 - It'd provide an escape hatch for anyone without a need to rebuild Python to disable use of vfork() without resorting to LD_PRELOAD hacks. This is not an urgent issue unless actual practical problems are being observed in the field.

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Immediate action item: Add a way for people to disable vfork at runtime by setting a flag in the subprocess module, just in case.

This can be backported to 3.10 - It'd provide an escape hatch for anyone without a need to rebuild Python to disable use of vfork() without resorting to LD_PRELOAD hacks.

This is not an urgent issue unless actual practical problems are being observed in the field.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2022-04-06 23:01:45	gregory.p.smith	set	recipients: + gregory.p.smith, socketpair
2022-04-06 23:01:45	gregory.p.smith	set	messageid: <1649286105.31.0.052810668697.issue47245@roundup.psfhosted.org>
2022-04-06 23:01:45	gregory.p.smith	link	issue47245 messages
2022-04-06 23:01:45	gregory.p.smith	create