Yikes. run_processor was having the child return back to main if exec

fails.  Fix that, and switch to vfork.

diff --git a/mdeliver.c b/mdeliver.c
index 3c8acf8..1b741e1 100644 (file)
--- a/mdeliver.c
+++ b/mdeliver.c
@@ -276,18 +276,18 @@ run_processor(char *home, char *newfn)
     int olderrno;
     int fd;
 
     int olderrno;
     int fd;
 

-    if ((pid = fork()) > 0) {
+    if ((pid = vfork()) > 0) {

         return;
     } else if (pid == 0) {
         snprintf(command, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", home, ".mdeliver-processor");
         execl(command, command, newfn, NULL);
         if (errno == ENOENT) {
             /* Not having a processor is not an error. */
         return;
     } else if (pid == 0) {
         snprintf(command, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", home, ".mdeliver-processor");
         execl(command, command, newfn, NULL);
         if (errno == ENOENT) {
             /* Not having a processor is not an error. */

-            return;
+            _exit(0);

         }
         fail = "exec";
     } else {
         }
         fail = "exec";
     } else {

-        fail = "fork";
+        fail = "vfork";

     }
     olderrno = errno;
 
     }
     olderrno = errno;
 


@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ run_processor(char *home, char *newfn)
         fsync(fd);
         close(fd);
     }
         fsync(fd);
         close(fd);
     }

+
+    _exit(0);

 }
 
 int
 }
 
 int