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

[Thomas Wouters]

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 08:06, Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au> wrote:

> On 25Jul2009 10:25, Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org> wrote:
> | On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Thomas Wouters<thomas at python.org>
> wrote:
> | > So attached (and at http://codereview.appspot.com/96125/show ) is a
> | > preliminary fix, correcting the problem with os.fork(), os.forkpty()
> and
> | > os.fork1(). This doesn't expose a general API for C code to use, for
> two
> | > reasons: it's not easy, and I need this fix more than I need the API
> change
> | > :-) (I actually need this fix myself for Python 2.4, but it applies
> fairly
> | > cleanly.)
> |
> | This looks good to me.
> [...]
>
> Where's this stand with respect to the upcoming Python 2.6.3?


Unless anyone speaks up, I'll submit the fix (without the change in
semantics on AIX) to release26-maint early next week, so it would be in
2.6.3.

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