[Plplot-cvs] SF.net SVN: plplot:[11976] trunk/drivers/tk.c

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Revision: 11976
          http://plplot.svn.sourceforge.net/plplot/?rev=11976&view=rev
Author:   andrewross
Date:     2011-10-19 11:08:56 +0000 (Wed, 19 Oct 2011)
Log Message:
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Change from using vfork to using fork. There is a slight performance overhead involved in this, but it is much more standard. vfork was never a well established standard and the Linux man page strongly discourages its use.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/drivers/tk.c

Modified: trunk/drivers/tk.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/drivers/tk.c	2011-10-19 11:05:10 UTC (rev 11975)
+++ trunk/drivers/tk.c	2011-10-19 11:08:56 UTC (rev 11976)
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@
 
     if ( pls->dp && pls->server_host != NULL )
     {
-        if ( ( dev->child_pid = vfork() ) < 0 )
+        if ( ( dev->child_pid = fork() ) < 0 )
         {
             abort_session( pls, "Unable to fork server process" );
         }
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@
     else
     {
         plserver_exec = plFindCommand( pls->plserver );
-        if ( ( plserver_exec == NULL ) || ( dev->child_pid = vfork() ) < 0 )
+        if ( ( plserver_exec == NULL ) || ( dev->child_pid = fork() ) < 0 )
         {
             abort_session( pls, "Unable to fork server process" );
         }

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