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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 97427] "Warning: invalid file descriptor -1 in syscall
From:       Tom Hughes <thh () cyberscience ! com>
Date:       2005-01-20 9:31:24
Message-ID: 20050120093124.13127.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From thh cyberscience com  2005-01-20 10:31 -------
I think that is the reason yes. In particular something which is done quite often is \
to loop over all the file descriptors and close them between a fork and exec to \
ensure that no open handles are passed to the child accidentally. That could easily \
lead to several thousand warnings...


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