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From: "David Reid" <david@jetnet.co.uk>
To: "Jean-Jacques Clar" <JJCLAR@novell.com>, <dev@apr.apache.org>,
	<trawick@attglobal.net>, <dev@httpd.apache.org>
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Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] cgi_exec_info_t: detached & addrspace fieldscombined
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:04:33 +0100
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> To replace the addrspace field that was added in the cgi_exec_info_t
> struct in mod_cgi.h I will like to propose extending the use of the 
> detached (apr_int32_t) field in cgi_exec_info_t and apr_procattr_t
> structs. 
> Currently that field is set to 0 by default and 1 if the process to be
> 
> created will be a detached one.
> What I will like to do to is to add an address space option to set 
> the second bit of that field in order to flag the new process to load 
> or not in a new address space.
>  
> The detached field in cgi_exec_info_t is set to 0 for all platforms and
> is used
> only in mod_netware and mod_win32.
> The changes will need to be back ported in order for NetWare to work
> after 
> log.c r r1.145 is back ported.
> Follow a partial patch, I will certainly like to have suggestions:
> Thank you,


I'm not even going to look at this for 1.0 :-(

Plan is to roll rc2 on Sunday for a hopeful release on Wed next week. :-)

david