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Re: [MiNT] New KERNEL 1.15 beta4



On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Guido Flohr wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 11:48:32AM +0100, Jo-Even.Skarstein@gjensidige.no wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: kellis [mailto:kellis@leading.net]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 11:43 PM
> > > To: MiNT mailing list
> > > Subject: [MiNT] New KERNEL 1.15 beta4
> > > 
> > > And if so, and my way of doing is not correct, what is the 
> > > proper way to
> > > let the parent know if the ttp (child)  has exited.
> 
> The new kernel uses new error codes.  Maybe your program relies on the old
> ones.  It is possible that Pwaitpid now does return ECHILD (-21) instead
> of ENOENT (-33).  If this is the case, then it should be changed back.
> It may cause compatibility problems and the new MiNTLib (that is aware of
> the new error codes) will automatically change ENOENT to ECHILD.
> 

That is EXACTLY what i was doing :) checking for -33
So what should I do now? 
Coz problems will be coming I guess? If i am the only one using -33, I can
change it in 2 min to -21.. 
Or rather have the kernel still expect -33? Up to you guys.

Thanks.