1 files changed, 54 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/library/global.cpp b/library/global.cpp
index d6ba84f..68a3a75 100644
--- a/library/global.cpp
+++ b/library/global.cpp
@@ -21,48 +21,49 @@
 #include <qpe/qpedebug.h>
 #include <qpe/global.h>
 #include <qpe/qdawg.h>
 #include <qpe/qpeapplication.h>
 #include <qpe/resource.h>
 #include <qpe/storage.h>
 #include <qpe/applnk.h>
 #include <qpe/qcopenvelope_qws.h>
 
 #include <qfile.h>
 #include <qlabel.h>
 #include <qtimer.h>
 #include <qmap.h>
 #include <qdict.h>
 #include <qdir.h>
 #include <qmessagebox.h>
 #include <qregexp.h>
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include <qwindowsystem_qws.h> // for qwsServer
 #include <qdatetime.h>
 
 #include <qfile.h>
 
 namespace {
   // checks if the storage should be searched
   bool checkStorage(const QString &path ){ // this is a small Config replacement cause config is too limited -zecke
     QFile file(path );
     if(!file.open(IO_ReadOnly ) )
        return true;
 
     QByteArray array = file.readAll();
     QStringList list = QStringList::split('\n', QString( array ) );
     for(QStringList::Iterator it = list.begin(); it != list.end(); ++it ){
       if( (*it).startsWith("autocheck = 0" ) ){
         return false;
       }else if( (*it).startsWith("autocheck = 1" ) ){
         return true;
       }
     }
     return true;
   }
@@ -582,60 +583,102 @@ void Global::invoke(const QString &c)
     QStrList slist;
     unsigned int j;
     for ( j = 0; j < list.count(); j++ )
         slist.append( list[j].utf8() );
 
     const char **args = new (const char *)[slist.count() + 1];
     for ( j = 0; j < slist.count(); j++ )
         args[j] = slist.at(j);
     args[j] = NULL;
 
 #if !defined(QT_NO_COP)
     // an attempt to show a wait...
     // more logic should be used, but this will be fine for the moment...
     QCopEnvelope ( "QPE/System", "busy()" );
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_QUICKEXEC
     QString libexe = qpeDir()+"/binlib/lib"+args[0] + ".so";
     qDebug("libfile = %s", libexe.latin1() );
     if ( QFile::exists( libexe ) ) {
         qDebug("calling quickexec %s", libexe.latin1() );
         quickexecv( libexe.utf8().data(), (const char **)args );
     } else
 #endif
-            {    
-        if ( !::vfork() ) {
-            for ( int fd = 3; fd < 100; fd++ )
-                ::close( fd );
-            ::setpgid( ::getpid(), ::getppid() );
-            // Try bindir first, so that foo/bar works too
-            ::execv( qpeDir()+"/bin/"+args[0], (char * const *)args );
-            ::execvp( args[0], (char * const *)args );
-            _exit( -1 );
-        }
+    {           
+        bool success = false; 
+        int pfd [2];
+        if ( ::pipe ( pfd ) < 0 )
+            pfd [0] = pfd [1] = -1;
+    
+        pid_t pid = ::fork ( );
+        
+        if ( pid == 0 ) { // child
+            for ( int fd = 3; fd < 100; fd++ ) {
+                if ( fd != pfd [1] )
+                    ::close ( fd );
+            }
+            ::setpgid ( ::getpid ( ), ::getppid ( ));
+
+            // Closing of fd[1] indicates that the execvp succeeded!
+            if ( pfd [1] >= 0 )
+                ::fcntl ( pfd [1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC );
+             
+            // Try bindir first, so that foo/bar works too
+            ::execv ( qpeDir ( ) + "/bin/" + args [0], (char * const *) args );
+            ::execvp ( args [0], (char * const *) args );
+            
+            char resultByte = 1;
+            if ( pfd [1] >= 0 )
+                ::write ( pfd [1], &resultByte, 1 );
+            ::_exit ( -1 );                         
+        }
+        else if ( pid > 0 ) {
+            success = true;
+        
+            if ( pfd [1] >= 0 ) 
+                ::close ( pfd [1] );
+            if ( pfd [0] >= 0 ) {
+                while ( true ) {
+                    char resultByte;
+                    int n = ::read ( pfd [0], &resultByte, 1 );
+                    if ( n == 1 ) {
+                        success = false;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (( n == -1 ) && (( errno == ECHILD ) || ( errno == EINTR )))
+                        continue;
+                        
+                    break; // success
+                }
+                ::close ( pfd [0] );
+            }
+        }
+        if ( success )    
+            StartingAppList::add( list[0] );
+        else
+            QMessageBox::warning( 0, "Error", "Could not start the application " + c, "Ok", 0, 0, 0, 1 );
     }
-    StartingAppList::add( list[0] );
 #endif //QT_NO_QWS_MULTIPROCESS
 }
 
 
 /*!
   Executes the application identfied by \a c, passing \a
   document if it isn't null.
 
   Note that a better approach might be to send a QCop message to the
   application's QPE/Application/\e{appname} channel.
 */
 void Global::execute( const QString &c, const QString& document )
 {
     if ( qApp->type() != QApplication::GuiServer ) {
         // ask the server to do the work
 #if !defined(QT_NO_COP)
         if ( document.isNull() ) {
             QCopEnvelope e( "QPE/System", "execute(QString)" );
             e << c;
         } else {
             QCopEnvelope e( "QPE/System", "execute(QString,QString)" );
             e << c << document;
         }
 #endif