Re: Alternate termination sequence option --term-seq

[Martin d'Anjou]

> > As far as I can tell it is because the family_pids are dynamic, and we
> > cannot tell for sure if the a pid has been reused: it can happen
> > milliseconds after family_pids have been computed. In a normal system
> > chances are extremely slim, but as my test system shows it is
> > non-zero.
>
> Again: GNU Parallel has no business sending signals to arbitrary process
> ids. As your toy example shows, this may kill an unrelated process.

Agreed. GNU Parallel should only send signals to its own child 
processes, it should not attempt to send signals elsewhere.

Martin