[debbugs-tracker] bug#13166: closed ( ‘syst em*’ may leave dangling processes)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #13166,
regarding ‘system*’ may leave dangling processes
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> ‘system*’ may leave dangling processes
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> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:14:32 +0100
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> When running this:
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>   (false-if-exception (system* "does-not-exist"))
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> a process is left behind.
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> One possible solution is to make sure the child exits:
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> diff --git a/libguile/simpos.c b/libguile/simpos.c
> index 5c8fe96..2e340e2 100644
> --- a/libguile/simpos.c
> +++ b/libguile/simpos.c
> @@ -138,9 +138,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_system_star, "system*", 0, 0, 1,
>          {
>            /* child */
>            execvp (execargv[0], execargv);
> -          SCM_SYSERROR;
> -          /* not reached.  */
> -          return SCM_BOOL_F;
> +         _exit (127);
>          }
>        else
>          {
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> We’d still need to print ‘strerror (errno)’ in the child, though.
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> Thoughts?
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> Ludo’.
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> Fixed in 668ba7c.
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> Ludo'.
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