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9?RCS: of the source tree for dist 4.0.
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11?RCS: $Log: d_vfork.U,v $
12?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.6 1994/08/29 16:18:21 ram
13?RCS: patch32: set default to 'y' the first time
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15?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.5 1994/06/20 06:59:14 ram
16?RCS: patch30: usevfork was not always properly set
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18?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.4 1994/05/13 15:20:56 ram
19?RCS: patch27: modified to avoid spurious Whoa warnings (ADO)
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21?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.3 1994/05/06 14:59:09 ram
75e25e37 22?RCS: patch23: now explicitly ask whether vfork() should be used (ADO)
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24?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.2 1993/10/16 13:49:39 ram
25?RCS: patch12: added magic for vfork()
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27?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.1 1993/09/13 16:06:57 ram
28?RCS: patch10: removed automatic remapping of vfork on fork (WAD)
29?RCS: patch10: added compatibility code for older config.sh (WAD)
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31?RCS: Revision 3.0 1993/08/18 12:07:55 ram
32?RCS: Baseline for dist 3.0 netwide release.
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34?MAKE:d_vfork usevfork: Inlibc Myread Oldconfig Setvar
35?MAKE: -pick add $@ %<
36?S:d_vfork:
37?S: This variable conditionally defines the HAS_VFORK symbol, which
38?S: indicates the vfork() routine is available.
39?S:.
40?S:usevfork:
41?S: This variable is set to true when the user accepts to use vfork.
42?S: It is set to false when no vfork is available or when the user
43?S: explicitly requests not to use vfork.
44?S:.
45?C:HAS_VFORK (VFORK):
46?C: This symbol, if defined, indicates that vfork() exists.
47?C:.
48?H:#$d_vfork HAS_VFORK /**/
49?H:.
50?M:vfork: HAS_VFORK
51?M:#ifndef HAS_VFORK
52?M:#define vfork fork
53?M:#endif
54?M:.
55?LINT:set d_vfork
56: see if there is a vfork
57val=''
58set vfork val
59eval $inlibc
60
61: Ok, but do we want to use it. vfork is reportedly unreliable in
62: perl on Solaris 2.x, and probably elsewhere.
63case "$val" in
64$define)
65 echo " "
66 case "$usevfork" in
67 false) dflt='n';;
68 *) dflt='y';;
69 esac
70 rp="Some systems have problems with vfork(). Do you want to use it?"
71 . ./myread
72 case "$ans" in
73 y|Y) ;;
74 *)
75 echo "Ok, we won't use vfork()."
76 val="$undef"
77 ;;
78 esac
79 ;;
80esac
81?X:
82?X: Only set it when final value is known to avoid spurious Whoas
83?X: Then set usevfork accordingly to the current value, for next run
84?X:
85set d_vfork
86eval $setvar
87case "$d_vfork" in
88$define) usevfork='true';;
89*) usevfork='false';;
90esac
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