uClibc - waitid()

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Sun Jan 28 10:19:51 UTC 2007


On Friday 19 January 2007 14:12, Sue Alfano wrote:
> The best that I can tell, waitid() doesn't appear to be supported in uClibc
> (version 0.9.27). 

correct

> I checked the latest version on the uClibc site, but it doesn't appear to
> have been considered for inclusion.

correct

> I looked in glibc (versions 2.4, 2.3.5, and 2.0.6), but could only find
> emulated/stub/pseudo implementations for waitid().

didnt look hard enough ?
libc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/waitid.c

> Was there a reason why it wasn't added to uClibc (other than the size
> issue)

no one has asked for it

> is there a way to enable it (hey, it doesn't hurt to ask)?

write the code to support it

> Is there a recommended way to deal with applications that are using
> waitid() with the WNOWAIT option?

implement it in uClibc
-mike
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