getpid/vfork broken

[Ulrich Drepper]

Roland McGrath wrote:

> getpid is something that has always worked in all contexts.

No exceptions.  If we start with one interface there will soon be a
second and a third and...  vfork is special.  And it can easily be
replaced with fork if somebody does something stupid.  You can even
preload code to fix a broken application.

-- 
➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖