(wait_for_termination) [POSIX_SIGNALS]: Terminate

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

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

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;