Re: manpages: explicit set SIGCHLD to SIG_IGN is distinct from SIG_DFL

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On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 11:08:02PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Michael Kerrisk
> <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Justin Pryzby
> > <justinpryzby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Version: 2.79-2
> > > File: /usr/share/man/man2/wait.2.gz
> > >
> > > the SIGCHLD action to SIG_IGN inhibits the creation of zombie
> > > processes, even though kill(1) gives the "ignore" as the default
> > > disposition.

>     Note that even though the default disposition of SIGCHLD is
>     "ignore", explicitly setting the disposition to SIG_IGN results
>     in different treatement of zombie children.
> 
> Seem okay?
Yup.

Thanks,
Justin
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