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hv
Date:
August 29, 2002 05:56
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] posixify getppid on linux-multithread
Message ID:
200208291302.g7TD2Gr01292@crypt.compulink.co.uk
Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@free.fr> wrote:
:Here's a patch to implement a more POSIX-like behavior of getppid() on
:Linux; that is, return the same value from all threads.

Thanks, applied as #17798.

:Basically this patch optionally stores the ppid in a global PL_ppid
:variable. (alternative : store it in an undocumented ${^PPID} variable)

I don't like the idea of an undocumented global variable, so I've
gone for this patch as is for now.

Hugo
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