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From: "deckerben" <deckerben AT freenet DOT de>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Fork
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 23:41:53 +0200
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

> Indeed.  The configure script should test whether fork wiorks, not
> just whether it exists in the library.

I think the problem is that if fork is found, and a posix environment is
detected, the configure scripts assumes that the fork is real.
As time goes on, I will try to add more DOS flavoring to the code where
needed (like here).

> Try adding this line to your config.site file, and then rerun the
> configure script and rebuild the program:
>
>  ac_cv_func_fork=no

It didn't seem to make a difference. It appears that the conditional
statements in the code require fork if POSIX is discovered. I will try
compensating for the error in the Python library scripts.

Ben