Re: adding a new CVS_PID environment variable

[Larry Jones]

Mark D. Baushke writes:
> 
> The extra processing consists of a getpid() call that is already being
> done in the server side of the code and a setenv() call so that children
> processes inherit the environment variable. If this is too much, I
> suppose a configure option could be introduced to do this extra work
> only when the user wants it done and it could default to off.

I'm convinced this is worth doing.  As you say, we're already doing the
getpid() call to name the server's temp directory, so all that's needed
is to add the call to putenv() to stuff it in the environment.  I'd say
go ahead and do it (just be sure to check for HAVE_PUTENV around the
call).

-Larry Jones

Hmm... That might not be politic. -- Calvin