[Qt-interest] Qt4 & fork()

[Benjamin Reed]

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:58 AM,  <wim.delvaux at adaptiveplanet.com> wrote:
> Compatible with Qt : Yes
> Portable : No
>
> Difference with QProcess : AFAIK, QProcess is a portable Fork/Exec
> alternative, fork allows  you to make a clone of the current processes. This

Indeed, if you plan to port to Mac OS X 10.5 or higher, you can't fork
without a reexec or things explode.  KDE ran into a lot of issues from
this.  Best to use QProcess if you can.

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