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Diffstat (limited to 'src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp')
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diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp index 12a992a..af1fc82 100644 --- a/src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp +++ 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() |