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authorThiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@nokia.com>2010-04-13 12:05:58 (GMT)
committerThiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@nokia.com>2010-04-13 12:05:58 (GMT)
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Merge remote branch 'origin/4.6' into qt-4.7-from-4.6
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+++ b/src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp
@@ -551,6 +551,16 @@ void QProcessPrivate::Channel::clear()
interpreter itself (\c{cmd.exe} on some Windows systems), and ask
the interpreter to execute the desired command.
+ \section1 Symbian Platform Security Requirements
+
+ On Symbian, processes which use the functions kill() or terminate()
+ must have the \c PowerMgmt platform security capability. If the client
+ process lacks this capability, these functions will fail.
+
+ Platform security capabilities are added via the
+ \l{qmake-variable-reference.html#target-capability}{TARGET.CAPABILITY}
+ qmake variable.
+
\sa QBuffer, QFile, QTcpSocket
*/
@@ -2006,9 +2016,13 @@ void QProcess::start(const QString &program, OpenMode mode)
event loop does not handle the WM_CLOSE message, can only be terminated by
calling kill().
+ On Symbian, this function requires platform security capability
+ \c PowerMgmt. If absent, the process will panic with KERN-EXEC 46.
+
\note Terminating running processes from other processes will typically
cause a panic in Symbian due to platform security.
+ \sa \l {Symbian Platform Security Requirements}
\sa kill()
*/
void QProcess::terminate()
@@ -2023,6 +2037,10 @@ void QProcess::terminate()
On Windows, kill() uses TerminateProcess, and on Unix and Mac OS X, the
SIGKILL signal is sent to the process.
+ On Symbian, this function requires platform security capability
+ \c PowerMgmt. If absent, the process will panic with KERN-EXEC 46.
+
+ \sa \l {Symbian Platform Security Requirements}
\sa terminate()
*/
void QProcess::kill()