[Bug 1905] check_parent_exists() logic does not cover all cases

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https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1905

Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2011-06-03 11:28:42 EST ---
Comment on attachment 2045
  --> https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/attachment.cgi?id=2045
patch for check_parent_exists which assumes orphaned processes get
reparented to PID 1

>+	 * Don't just test whether kill(parent_pid,0) is successful,
>+	 * because it may fail with EPERM even if the process exists.

There is no point mentioning kill() if it is no longer used in the
source. Otherwise ok djm@

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