Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] posix_spawn.3: Document the POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID attribute

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On 16/10/2018 16:37, Olivier Gayot wrote:
> Since glibc 2.26, posix_spawn (2) function accepts the
> POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID flag. This flag has been accepted by POSIX and should
> be added to the next major revision. The current support can be enabled
> with _GNU_SOURCE.
> 
> Upstream commit in glibc.git:
> 
>   daeb1fa2e1 [BZ 21340] add support for POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olivier Gayot <olivier.gayot@xxxxxxxxxxx>

LGTM.

> ---
>  man3/posix_spawn.3 | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man3/posix_spawn.3 b/man3/posix_spawn.3
> index 72e7509d8..93f1124a1 100644
> --- a/man3/posix_spawn.3
> +++ b/man3/posix_spawn.3
> @@ -394,6 +394,20 @@ instead of
>  The
>  .B _GNU_SOURCE
>  feature test macro must be defined to obtain the definition of this contant.
> +.TP
> +.BR POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID " (since glibc 2.26)"
> +If this flag is set,
> +the child process shall create a new session and become the session leader.
> +The child process shall also become the process group leader of the new process
> +group in the session (see
> +.BR setsid (2)).
> +The
> +.B _GNU_SOURCE
> +feature test macro must be defined to obtain the definition of this contant.
> +.\" This flag has been accepted in POSIX, see:
> +.\" http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1044
> +.\" and has been implemented in glibc since version 2.26
> +.\" commit daeb1fa2e1b33323e719015f5f546988bd4cc73b
>  .PP
>  If
>  .I attrp
> 



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