[uClibc]daemon()

David McCullough davidm at lineo.com
Wed Feb 28 08:06:59 UTC 2001


Jivin Vladimir N. Oleynik lays it down ...
> Hi.
> 
> Uclibc not have daemon() for compatibile with libc5 or BSD license problem
> or forget?

Most likely because uClibc has it's roots in CPU's without MMU support,
and daemon() cannot be implemented without the fork() system call
which requires an MMU.

> I get from glibc for my project, but...

If someone adds this to uClibc,  make it fail big time if __HAS_NO_MMU__
is defined :-)

Cheers,
Davidm

-- 
David McCullough:  Ph: +61 7 3435 2815  Lineo (The Embedded Solutions Company)
davidm at lineo.com   Fx: +61 7 3891 3630  PO Box 925, Kenmore QLD 4069, Australia





More information about the uClibc mailing list