Add comments noting that vfork might be defined to be fork.

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Kevin Buettner
2001-04-08 18:26:03 +00:00
parent d493eb331e
commit 7700434b5c
3 changed files with 17 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ fork_inferior (char *exec_file_arg, char *allargs, char **env,
if (pre_trace_fun != NULL)
(*pre_trace_fun) ();
/* Create the child process. Note that the apparent call to vfork()
below *might* actually be a call to fork() due to the fact that
autoconf will ``#define vfork fork'' on certain platforms. */
if (debug_fork)
pid = fork ();
else
@@ -420,7 +423,9 @@ clone_and_follow_inferior (int child_pid, int *followed_child)
if (status < 0)
error ("error getting pipe for handoff semaphore");
/* Clone the debugger. */
/* Clone the debugger. Note that the apparent call to vfork()
below *might* actually be a call to fork() due to the fact that
autoconf will ``#define vfork fork'' on certain platforms. */
if (debug_fork)
debugger_pid = fork ();
else