On today's systems fork() will hardly fail, thus removed the fork retry loops.

diff --git a/sbr/context_save.c b/sbr/context_save.c
index 44542b5..1a381db 100644 (file)
--- a/sbr/context_save.c
+++ b/sbr/context_save.c
@@ -68,16 +68,12 @@ context_save(void)
 static int
 m_chkids(void)
 {
-       int i;
        pid_t pid;
 
        if (getuid() == geteuid())
                return (-1);
 
-       for (i = 0; (pid = fork()) == -1 && i < 5; i++)
-               sleep(5);
-
-       switch (pid) {
+       switch (pid = fork()) {
        case -1:
                break;
 

diff --git a/sbr/push.c b/sbr/push.c
index 17c62ee..eb6011a 100644 (file)
--- a/sbr/push.c
+++ b/sbr/push.c
@@ -15,12 +15,8 @@ void
 push(void)
 {
        pid_t pid;
-       int i;
 
-       for (i = 0; (pid = fork()) == -1 && i < 5; i++)
-               sleep(5);
-
-       switch (pid) {
+       switch (pid = fork()) {
        case -1:
                /* fork error */
                advise(NULL, "unable to fork, so can't push...");

diff --git a/uip/mhbuildsbr.c b/uip/mhbuildsbr.c
index 069ea85..efbb8ac 100644 (file)
--- a/uip/mhbuildsbr.c
+++ b/uip/mhbuildsbr.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ compose_content(CT ct)
        default:
                if (!ce->ce_file) {
                        pid_t child_id;
-                       int i, xstdout, len, buflen;
+                       int xstdout, len, buflen;
                        char *bp, **ap, *cp;
                        char *vec[4], buffer[BUFSIZ];
                        FILE *out;
@@ -1119,9 +1119,7 @@ raw:
                        if ((out = fopen(ce->ce_file, "w")) == NULL)
                                adios(ce->ce_file, "unable to open for writing");
 
-                       for (i = 0; (child_id = fork()) == NOTOK && i > 5; i++)
-                               sleep(5);
-                       switch (child_id) {
+                       switch (child_id = fork()) {
                        case NOTOK:
                                adios("fork", "unable to fork");
                                /* NOTREACHED */

diff --git a/uip/mhmail.c b/uip/mhmail.c
index f9e7fcd..2b8589f 100644 (file)
--- a/uip/mhmail.c
+++ b/uip/mhmail.c
@@ -173,10 +173,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
                vec[nvec++] = "-queued";
        vec[nvec] = NULL;
 
-       for (i = 0; (child_id = fork()) == NOTOK && i < 5; i++)
-               sleep(5);
-
-       if (child_id == NOTOK) {
+       if ((child_id = fork()) == NOTOK) {
                /* report failure and then send it */
                adios(NULL, "unable to fork");
        } else if (child_id) {

diff --git a/uip/mhparse.c b/uip/mhparse.c
index 86c16a9..b3b07e4 100644 (file)
--- a/uip/mhparse.c
+++ b/uip/mhparse.c
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ openFTP(CT ct, char **file)
        CE ce;
        static char *username = NULL;
        static char *password = NULL;
-       int child_id, i, vecp;
+       int child_id, vecp;
        char *vec[9];
 
        e  = ct->c_ctexbody;
@@ -2598,9 +2598,7 @@ openFTP(CT ct, char **file)
 
        fflush(stdout);
 
-       for (i = 0; (child_id = fork()) == NOTOK && i < 5; i++)
-               sleep(5);
-       switch (child_id) {
+       switch (child_id = fork()) {
        case NOTOK:
                adios("fork", "unable to");
                /* NOTREACHED */
@@ -2674,7 +2672,7 @@ InitMail(CT ct)
 static int
 openMail(CT ct, char **file)
 {
-       int child_id, fd, i, vecp;
+       int child_id, fd, vecp;
        int len, buflen;
        char *bp, buffer[BUFSIZ], *vec[7];
        struct exbody *e = ct->c_ctexbody;
@@ -2734,9 +2732,7 @@ openMail(CT ct, char **file)
        vec[vecp++] = e->eb_body;
        vec[vecp] = NULL;
 
-       for (i = 0; (child_id = fork()) == NOTOK && i < 5; i++)
-               sleep(5);
-       switch (child_id) {
+       switch (child_id = fork()) {
        case NOTOK:
                advise("fork", "unable to");
                return NOTOK;

diff --git a/uip/mhshowsbr.c b/uip/mhshowsbr.c
index 15991c1..fe9a626 100644 (file)
--- a/uip/mhshowsbr.c
+++ b/uip/mhshowsbr.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static void
 DisplayMsgHeader(CT ct, char *form)
 {
        pid_t child_id;
-       int i, vecp;
+       int vecp;
        char *vec[8];
 
        vecp = 0;
@@ -205,10 +205,7 @@ DisplayMsgHeader(CT ct, char *form)
 
        fflush(stdout);
 
-       for (i = 0; (child_id = fork()) == NOTOK && i < 5; i++)
-               sleep(5);
-
-       switch (child_id) {
+       switch (child_id = fork()) {
        case NOTOK:
                adios("fork", "unable to");
                /* NOTREACHED */
@@ -519,7 +516,6 @@ show_content_aux2(CT ct, int serial, int alternate, char *cracked,
        char *buffer, int fd, int xlist, int xstdin, int xtty)
 {
        pid_t child_id;
-       int i;
        char *vec[4], exec[BUFSIZ + sizeof "exec "];
 
        if (debugsw || cracked) {
@@ -559,9 +555,7 @@ show_content_aux2(CT ct, int serial, int alternate, char *cracked,
 
        fflush(stdout);
 
-       for (i = 0; (child_id = fork()) == NOTOK && i < 5; i++)
-               sleep(5);
-       switch (child_id) {
+       switch (child_id = fork()) {
        case NOTOK:
                advise("fork", "unable to");
                (*ct->c_ceclosefnx) (ct);

diff --git a/uip/send.c b/uip/send.c
index 6fcccad..2ef1fe7 100644 (file)
--- a/uip/send.c
+++ b/uip/send.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static int
 sendaux(char **vec, int vecp, char *drft, struct stat *st)
 {
        pid_t child_id;
-       int i, status, fd;
+       int status, fd;
        char backup[BUFSIZ];
 
        /*
@@ -635,10 +635,7 @@ sendaux(char **vec, int vecp, char *drft, struct stat *st)
        }
        vec[vecp] = NULL;
 
-       for (i = 0; (child_id = fork()) == NOTOK && i < 5; i++) {
-               sleep(5);
-       }
-       switch (child_id) {
+       switch (child_id = fork()) {
        case -1:
                /* oops -- fork error */
                adios("fork", "unable to");
@@ -703,14 +700,10 @@ static void
 alert(char *file, int out)
 {
        pid_t child_id;
-       int i, in;
+       int in;
        char buf[BUFSIZ];
 
-       for (i = 0; (child_id = fork()) == NOTOK && i < 5; i++) {
-               sleep(5);
-       }
-
-       switch (child_id) {
+       switch (child_id = fork()) {
        case NOTOK:
                /* oops -- fork error */
                advise("fork", "unable to");

diff --git a/uip/whatnow.c b/uip/whatnow.c
index 761fea1..b809ebe 100644 (file)
--- a/uip/whatnow.c
+++ b/uip/whatnow.c
@@ -770,15 +770,13 @@ static int
 sendfile(char **arg, char *file, int pushsw)
 {
        pid_t child_id;
-       int i, vecp;
+       int vecp;
        char *vec[MAXARGS];
 
        context_save();  /* save the context file */
        fflush(stdout);
 
-       for (i = 0; (child_id = fork()) == NOTOK && i < 5; i++)
-               sleep(5);
-       switch (child_id) {
+       switch (child_id = fork()) {
        case NOTOK:
                advise(NULL, "unable to fork, so sending directly...");
                /* fall */