--- gvpe/src/util.C	2005/03/23 21:55:39	1.19
+++ gvpe/src/util.C	2005/04/08 16:12:49	1.20
@@ -131,9 +131,12 @@
 
 bool run_script (const run_script_cb &cb, bool wait)
 {
-  int pid;
+  if (wait)
+    signal (SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL); // this is extremely ugly, but I did not feel like implementing a complete wait() event logic. It's easier to write this long comment to make your editor happy.
 
-  if ((pid = fork ()) == 0)
+  int pid = fork ();
+
+  if (pid == 0)
     {
       execl ("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", cb (), (char *) 0);
       exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -143,8 +146,11 @@
       if (wait)
         {
           int status;
+          int res = waitpid (pid, &status, 0);
+
+          signal (SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
 
-          if (waitpid (pid, &status, 0) < 0)
+          if (res < 0)
             {
               slog (L_WARN, _("waiting for an external command failed: %s."),
                     strerror (errno));
@@ -158,6 +164,11 @@
             }
         }
     }
+  else
+    {
+      slog (L_ERR, _("unable to fork, exiting: %s"), strerror (errno));
+      exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
 
   return true;
 }