diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/DevNotes b/winsup/cygwin/DevNotes index da3edb048..3ca2c0468 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/DevNotes +++ b/winsup/cygwin/DevNotes @@ -1,11 +1,13 @@ 2012-05-02 cgf-000001 -This fix was due to a bug report on the Cygwin mailing list: -http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-05/msg00009.html +<1.7.15> +Fix problem setting parent pid to 1 when process with children execs +itself. Fixes: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-05/msg00009.html + -strace showed that ssh-agent was checking the parent pid and getting a 1 -when it shouldn't have. Other stuff looked ok so I chose to consider -this a smoking gun. +Investigating this problem with strace showed that ssh-agent was +checking the parent pid and getting a 1 when it shouldn't have. Other +stuff looked ok so I chose to consider this a smoking gun. Going back to the version that the OP said did not have the problem, I worked forward until I found where the problem first occurred -