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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:25:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kill(-1,sig)
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On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
>
> The new POSIX 1003.1-2001 is explicit about what kill(-1,sig)
> is supposed to do. Maybe we should follow it.

Well, we should definitely not do it in 2.4.x, at least not until proven
that no real applications break.

But I applied it to 2.5.x, let's see who (if anybody) hollers.

		Linus

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