RE: Observing a crash in libgnomevfs on Novell Linux Desktop 9.

[Salil Kapoor <salileo yahoo com>]

I tried replacing vfork with fork, but that did not
help either.

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Shaw [mailto:joeshaw novell com] 
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 8:57 PM
To: salileo yahoo com
Cc: gnome-vfs-list gnome org
Subject: Re: Observing a crash in libgnomevfs on
Novell Linux Desktop 9.

Hi,

On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 07:39 -0700, Salil Kapoor wrote:
> After I have selected the file I have to open, I
launch any 3rd party
> application (say mozilla) using the vfork command.

vfork() is evil.  Don't use it.  Read the vfork(2)
manpage for why.

I'm not saying that's definitely why your program is
crashing, but it's
a strong possibility.

Joe

> 




		
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