2 files changed, 0 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 7f9413f8d..aff26e32b 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -559,33 +559,4 @@ std::string showBytes(uint64_t bytes)
     return fmt("%.2f MiB", bytes / (1024.0 * 1024.0));
 }
 
-
-// FIXME: move to libstore/build
-void commonChildInit()
-{
-    logger = makeSimpleLogger();
-
-    const static std::string pathNullDevice = "/dev/null";
-    restoreProcessContext(false);
-
-    /* Put the child in a separate session (and thus a separate
-       process group) so that it has no controlling terminal (meaning
-       that e.g. ssh cannot open /dev/tty) and it doesn't receive
-       terminal signals. */
-    if (setsid() == -1)
-        throw SysError("creating a new session");
-
-    /* Dup stderr to stdout. */
-    if (dup2(STDERR_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
-        throw SysError("cannot dup stderr into stdout");
-
-    /* Reroute stdin to /dev/null. */
-    int fdDevNull = open(pathNullDevice.c_str(), O_RDWR);
-    if (fdDevNull == -1)
-        throw SysError("cannot open '%1%'", pathNullDevice);
-    if (dup2(fdDevNull, STDIN_FILENO) == -1)
-        throw SysError("cannot dup null device into stdin");
-    close(fdDevNull);
-}
-
 }
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index de5f0a2ee..e704cd709 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -407,12 +407,6 @@ struct MaintainCount
 
 
 /**
- * Common initialisation performed in child processes.
- */
-void commonChildInit();
-
-
-/**
  * Bind a Unix domain socket to a path.
  */
 void bind(int fd, const std::string & path);