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-rw-r--r--unix/tclUnixPipe.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixPipe.c b/unix/tclUnixPipe.c
index d234245..0b56333 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixPipe.c
+++ b/unix/tclUnixPipe.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
* See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
* of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
*
- * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclUnixPipe.c,v 1.9 2000/03/31 19:39:42 ericm Exp $
+ * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclUnixPipe.c,v 1.10 2000/09/06 18:46:13 hobbs Exp $
*/
#include "tclInt.h"
@@ -444,10 +444,12 @@ TclpCreateProcess(interp, argc, argv, inputFile, outputFile, errorFile,
if (pid != -1) {
/*
* Reap the child process now if an error occurred during its
- * startup.
+ * startup. We don't call this with WNOHANG because that can lead to
+ * defunct processes on an MP system. We shouldn't have to worry
+ * about hanging here, since this is the error case. [Bug: 6148]
*/
- Tcl_WaitPid((Tcl_Pid) pid, &status, WNOHANG);
+ Tcl_WaitPid((Tcl_Pid) pid, &status, 0);
}
if (errPipeIn) {