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Call _exit() instead of exit() if exec*() fails

exit() will also unwind the atexit() functions.  This is bad
because if exec*() fails the process is in an inconsistent state.
sin 10 years ago
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st.c

@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ execsh(void) {
 	signal(SIGALRM, SIG_DFL);
 
 	execvp(prog, args);
-	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
 void