(wait_for_termination) [POSIX_SIGNALS]: Terminate

only if kill returns -1, and errno is ESRCH.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 29375b80679..7aae3f9aba3 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-09-21  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
+
+        * sysdep.c (wait_for_termination) [POSIX_SIGNALS]: Terminate
+        only if kill returns -1, and errno is ESRCH.
+
 2001-09-21  Markus Rost  <rost@math.ohio-state.edu>
 
         * Makefile.in (shortlisp): Add ../lisp/env.elc.
diff --git a/src/sysdep.c b/src/sysdep.c
index 2a0f5df4d90..5f528f0f51c 100644
--- a/src/sysdep.c
+++ b/src/sysdep.c
@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@ wait_for_termination (pid)
 #else /* neither BSD_SYSTEM nor UNIPLUS: random sysV */
 #ifdef POSIX_SIGNALS    /* would this work for LINUX as well? */
       sigblock (sigmask (SIGCHLD));
-      if (0 > kill (pid, 0))
+      errno = 0;
+      if (kill (pid, 0) == -1 && errno == ESRCH)
         {
           sigunblock (sigmask (SIGCHLD));
           break;