On Thu, 31 May 2007, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
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> Davide Libenzi wrote:
> > Isn't this better be a global process flag? Default should be, for legacy
> > reasons,
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> No. Policies are always wrong since it means code that cannot change
> the policy (e.g, all runtime libraries) have no access to the
> functionality. I cannot set the policy to default to close-on-exit in
> glibc all the while the application assumes this is not the case.
I was talking for a broader usage, not only glibc centric. Most ppl
writing MT+exec apps wants all but (eventually) and handfull of files
leaking across the exec boundary.
- Davide
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