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Diffstat (limited to 'src/timeout.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/timeout.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/timeout.c b/src/timeout.c index 8ef4b5488..c79f24eb5 100644 --- a/src/timeout.c +++ b/src/timeout.c @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ #define AUTHORS proper_name_utf8 ("Padraig Brady", "P\303\241draig Brady") -/* Note ETIMEDOUT is 110 on linux but this is non standard */ +/* Note ETIMEDOUT is 110 on GNU/Linux systems but this is non standard */ #define EXIT_TIMEDOUT 124 /* Internal failure. */ @@ -311,11 +311,11 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) alarm (timeout); /* We're just waiting for a single process here, so wait() suffices. - Note the signal() calls above on linux and BSD at least, essentially - call the lower level sigaction() with the SA_RESTART flag set, which - ensures the following wait call will only return if the child exits, - not on this process receiving a signal. Also we're not passing - WUNTRACED | WCONTINUED to a waitpid() call and so will not get + Note the signal() calls above on GNU/Linux and BSD at least, + essentially call the lower level sigaction() with the SA_RESTART flag + set, which ensures the following wait call will only return if the + child exits, not on this process receiving a signal. Also we're not + passing WUNTRACED | WCONTINUED to a waitpid() call and so will not get indication that the child has stopped or continued. */ wait (&status); |