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Diffstat (limited to 'nix/libutil')
| -rw-r--r-- | nix/libutil/util.cc | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nix/libutil/util.hh | 3 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/nix/libutil/util.cc b/nix/libutil/util.cc index ad3b3c387f..a4a1ddb12a 100644 --- a/nix/libutil/util.cc +++ b/nix/libutil/util.cc @@ -858,7 +858,8 @@ void killUser(uid_t uid) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -pid_t startProcess(std::function<void()> fun, const string & errorPrefix) +pid_t startProcess(std::function<void()> fun, + bool dieWithParent, const string & errorPrefix, bool runExitHandlers) { pid_t pid = fork(); if (pid == -1) throw SysError("unable to fork"); @@ -873,7 +874,10 @@ pid_t startProcess(std::function<void()> fun, const string & errorPrefix) std::cerr << errorPrefix << e.what() << "\n"; } catch (...) { } } catch (...) { } - _exit(1); + if (runExitHandlers) + exit(1); + else + _exit(1); } return pid; diff --git a/nix/libutil/util.hh b/nix/libutil/util.hh index 418d76daec..0ad0026711 100644 --- a/nix/libutil/util.hh +++ b/nix/libutil/util.hh @@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ void killUser(uid_t uid); /* Fork a process that runs the given function, and return the child pid to the caller. */ -pid_t startProcess(std::function<void()> fun, const string & errorPrefix = "error: "); +pid_t startProcess(std::function<void()> fun, bool dieWithParent = true, + const string & errorPrefix = "error: ", bool runExitHandlers = false); /* Run a program and return its stdout in a string (i.e., like the |