Bug#684290: Bug#753641: ITP: liblinux-pid-perl -- wrapper around the getpid() and getppid() C functions

[Guillem Jover]

Hi!

On Fri, 2014-07-04 at 12:21:15 +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Jul 2014 10:09:12 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > With glibc and NPTL this module does not seem to make much sense, as
> > each different thread will have the same PID. If it was exposing the
> > Linux gettid() syscall then it would be the modern equivalent, but
> > that depends on the assumptions from the call sites and the expected
> > threading model, I suppose.
> > 
> > I guess this is just a dependency from something else? Why not patch
> > it to use the native perl functions instead?
> 
> Right, as noted in the third paragraph of the description, mod_perl
> wants it:
> https://bugs.debian.org/684290
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2014/07/msg00002.html ff.

> gregor, not opposed to a mod_perl patch as an alternative

Ok, so how about this non-tested patch? The test suite might need
patching too, but as I guess it was either not failing or being
ignored currently, I didn't touch it.

Thanks,
Guillem
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