Blocker The code in verify_exec.c seems to be wrong:
if (a->transaction.background)
{
#ifdef __MINGW32__
outsourced = true;
#else
Log(LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, "Backgrounding job '%s'", cmdline);
outsourced = fork();
#endif
}
else
{
outsourced = false;
}
if (outsourced || (!a->transaction.background)) // work done here: either by child or non-background parent
...
fork() returns non-zero (true) value to the parent process. So the work seems to be done in the parent process!
Moreover, further down in that code there is this:
/* exit() OK since this is a forked process and no functions are
registered for cleanup */
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
where man:atexit(3) explicitly says:
When a child process is created via fork(2), it inherits copies of its parent's registrations.
So again, WTH?