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@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ Major new features: different directory. This is a GNU extension and similar to the Solaris function of the same name. +* The popen and system do not run atfork handlers anymore (BZ#17490). + Although it is a possible POSIX violation, the POSIX rationale in + pthread_atfork documentation regarding atfork handlers is to handle + incosistent mutex state after fork call in multithread environment. + In both popen and system there is no direct access to user-defined mutexes. + Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * The glibc.tune tunable namespace has been renamed to glibc.cpu and the |