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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-05-21 01:46:44 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-05-21 01:47:31 -0700
commitcb6d66974416f535fefb42c974b73037e257399a (patch)
tree85a960b3e725df3da1cc1312a31a13e07416b2bb /src/callproc.c
parent97c7a61d90987e182c1d2ec40fbe0d1d7df844c5 (diff)
downloademacs-cb6d66974416f535fefb42c974b73037e257399a.tar.gz
Work around macOS bug with vforked child
* src/callproc.c (call_process) [DARWIN_OS]: Include workaround for apparent macOS bug.
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diff --git a/src/callproc.c b/src/callproc.c
index 7c85eed835f..4cec02be7ef 100644
--- a/src/callproc.c
+++ b/src/callproc.c
@@ -631,6 +631,14 @@ call_process (ptrdiff_t nargs, Lisp_Object *args, int filefd,
if (pid == 0)
{
+#ifdef DARWIN_OS
+ /* Work around a macOS bug, where SIGCHLD is apparently
+ delivered to a vforked child instead of to its parent. See:
+ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-05/msg00342.html
+ */
+ signal (SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
+#endif
+
unblock_child_signal (&oldset);
#ifdef DARWIN_OS