File 0340-erts-Remove-obsolete-paragraph-about-ERL_NO_VFORK.patch of Package erlang
From 2f029aa2df32c2d0c1fdd2801ed52cbadafd56f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sverker Eriksson <sverker@erlang.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 21:17:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] erts: Remove obsolete paragraph about ERL_NO_VFORK
from erlang:open_port/2 docs.
---
erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 7 -------
1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 29b1d106cd..73800687b7 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -3772,13 +3772,6 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code>
If found, that driver is started. A driver runs in the Erlang
work space, which means that it is linked with the Erlang
runtime system.</p>
- <p>When starting external programs on Solaris, the system
- call <c>vfork</c> is used in preference to <c>fork</c>
- for performance reasons, although it has a history of
- being less robust. If there are problems using
- <c>vfork</c>, setting environment variable
- <c>ERL_NO_VFORK</c> to any value causes <c>fork</c>
- to be used instead.</p>
<p>For external programs, <c>PATH</c> is searched
(or an equivalent method is used to find programs,
depending on the OS). This is done by invoking
--
2.16.4