openoffice 1.0.1 vs glibc cvs

[Neal H. Walfield]

> 2.  somehow be able to call waitpid and wait from a signal handler
> WITHOUT it being wrappered
> by the pthread library and made a cancellation point.

If the problem is that it is made a cancelation point, then why can
you not call pthread_setcancel (PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, &oldstate) on
entry and pthread_setcancel (oldstate, &oldstate) immediately before
exiting?