[RFC] Fix PosixProcess by porting VMProcess from Classpath...

Wed Jul 14 09:10:00 GMT 2004

Bryce McKinlay writes:
 > David Daney wrote:
 > 
 > >It is said that:
 > >
 > >http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11801
 > >
 > >Could be fixed by using VMProcess from Classpath instead of the current
 > >PosixProcess.
 > >
 > >There are several other problems that I have been experiencing related
 > >to not reaping terminated or failed Processes that would also be fixed.
 > > 
 > >
 > >Q1: Does this seem like a good idea?.
 > > 
 > >
 > 
 > Yes. If the general opinion is that Classpath's VMProcess is better than 
 > ours, then I am in favour of switching to/merging with the classpath 
 > version.
Well, obviously that's true. However, we might also break things with
this change, so we need really to be convinced that it is better in
all respects. Having a single base implementation seems like a good
this, certainly.
Andrew.