[Python-Dev] pthreads, fork, import, and execvp

[Yair Chuchem]

On 5/16/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
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> Rotem should simply avoid to fork() in the toplevel code of a module.
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this is not what happened.
we called subprocess which itself called fork.

as a subprocess bug this could be easily fixed by moving the import in
"os._execve".
we have made that fix locally and it fixes the problem.

cheers
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