- (djm) Merge cygwin support from Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@cygnus.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bsd-daemon.c b/bsd-daemon.c
index de829958c..f704a9048 100644
--- a/bsd-daemon.c
+++ b/bsd-daemon.c
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ daemon(nochdir, noclose)
         case 0:
                 break;
         default:
+#ifdef HAVE_CYGWIN
+                /*
+                 * This sleep avoids a race condition which kills the
+                 * child process if parent is started by a NT/W2K service.
+                 */
+                sleep(1);
+#endif
                 _exit(0);
         }