setpgrp in call-process. why?

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From: Benson Margulies
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1989 15:45

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As part of investigating why getlogin () returns 0 in programs called 
from emacs 19.53, I was surprised to note that it does a setpgrp.
This seems odd to me, given the synchronous nature of the beast.
Can anyone explain this to me?
-- 
Benson I. Margulies

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From: benson@odi.UUCP (Benson Margulies)
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Subject: setpgrp in call-process. why?
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Date: 26 Apr 89 15:45:46 GMT
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