Hi Mike, On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:02 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As pointed out by Christopher Head <chead@xxxxxxxxx>, the sigpending(2) > contradicts the execve(2) page. > > The sigpending(2) page states: > ... the pending signal set is preserved across an execve(2). > > While the execve(2) page states: > The set of pending signals is cleared (sigpending(2)). > > POSIX supports the sigpending(2) statement, so the line from execve(2) > should be dropped. See this page: > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/exec.html > Where it states: > The new process shall inherit at least the following attributes from the > calling process image: > * Pending signal (see sigpending()) Yes, the statement in execve.2 is clearly wrong. I suspect that I may even have written it, but I don't know what I could have been thinking of when I did so. I applied your pattch for man-pages-3.22. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man2/execve.2 | 3 --- > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2 > index 0602a56..c3a43e1 100644 > --- a/man2/execve.2 > +++ b/man2/execve.2 > @@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ glibc 2. > All process attributes are preserved during an > .BR execve (), > except the following: > -.IP * 3 > -The set of pending signals is cleared > -.RB ( sigpending (2)). > .IP * > The dispositions of any signals that are being caught are > reset to being ignored. > -- > 1.6.2.2 > > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git man-pages online: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online_pages.html Found a bug? http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
