Re: [PATCH] kill(-1,sig)

[Chris Wright]

* Linus Torvalds ([e-mail]) wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 [e-mail] wrote:
> >
> > The new POSIX 1003.1-2001 is explicit about what kill(-1,sig)
> > is supposed to do. Maybe we should follow it.
> 
> Well, we should definitely not do it in 2.4.x, at least not until proven
> that no real applications break.
> 
> But I applied it to 2.5.x, let's see who (if anybody) hollers.

I had to back this change out of 2.5.1 in order to get a sane shutdown.
killall5 -15 is commiting suicide ;-(

cheers,
-chris