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| author | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2018-07-05 12:24:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2018-07-05 12:24:09 +0200 |
| commit | 99789794474140049a1939c4e4789b28dfe80e49 (patch) | |
| tree | 4ec085e2887327e1b4bfd48123744dcb2c097b41 /erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | |
| parent | 4100c0cb4d391693fdb08d8565c937bb399fda3a (diff) | |
| parent | 2f029aa2df32c2d0c1fdd2801ed52cbadafd56f7 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'sverker/purge-vfork' into maint
* sverker/purge-vfork:
erts: Remove obsolete paragraph about ERL_NO_VFORK
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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 |