Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] posix_spawn.3: Document implementation using clone() since glibc 2.24

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* Olivier Gayot:

> As a consequence, the statements regarding the use of the flag
> POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK and how the function decides whether it should use
> fork (2) or vfork (2) are obsolete since glibc 2.24.

Maybe we should add that it is always never correct to use
POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK?

Either you are on a glibc which ignores it, then it is pointless, or
on a glibc which has buggy semantics when vfork is used, so you
probably do not want to use it.



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