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-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.cc7
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.hh2
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 99d2b1e0a..305e470eb 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ void killUser(uid_t uid)
pid_t startProcess(std::function<void()> fun,
- bool dieWithParent, const string & errorPrefix)
+ bool dieWithParent, const string & errorPrefix, bool runExitHandlers)
{
pid_t pid = fork();
if (pid == -1) throw SysError("unable to fork");
@@ -883,7 +883,10 @@ pid_t startProcess(std::function<void()> fun,
std::cerr << errorPrefix << e.what() << "\n";
} catch (...) { }
} catch (...) { }
- _exit(1);
+ if (runExitHandlers)
+ exit(1);
+ else
+ _exit(1);
}
return pid;
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index b35e02dce..628b8a0e1 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void killUser(uid_t uid);
/* Fork a process that runs the given function, and return the child
pid to the caller. */
pid_t startProcess(std::function<void()> fun, bool dieWithParent = true,
- const string & errorPrefix = "error: ");
+ const string & errorPrefix = "error: ", bool runExitHandlers = false);
/* Run a program and return its stdout in a string (i.e., like the