1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/UCoreUtils.pas b/UCoreUtils.pas
index 8fa6fef..ed697d5 100644
--- a/UCoreUtils.pas
+++ b/UCoreUtils.pas
@@ -1129,6 +1129,7 @@ begin
   end;
 
   //  Duplicate this process
+  DebugMsg(['SpawnProcess: before fork']);
   child_pid := fork;
   if child_pid <> 0 then begin
     Result := child_pid;
@@ -1140,14 +1141,17 @@ begin
     if args_list <> nil then libc_free(args_list);
     Application.ProcessMessages;
     Running := ChildExitStatus < 0;
+    DebugMsg(['SpawnProcess: ChildExitStatus = ', ChildExitStatus]);
     if not Running then Result := 0;
     if not WIFEXITED(ChildExitStatus) then Result := WTERMSIG(ChildExitStatus);
+    DebugMsg(['SpawnProcess: Result = ', Result]);
   end else begin
     //  Now execute AppPath, searching for it in the path
     execvp(PChar(AppPath), args_list);
     //  The execvp function returns only if an error occurs
     sigqueue(getppid, SIGUSR1, sv);
-    Halt(ConstERRSpawn);
+    DebugMsg(['SpawnProcess: forked: error, sending SIGUSR1']);
+    _exit(ConstERRSpawn);
   end;
   ChildExitStatus := -1;
 end;                         
@@ -1241,7 +1245,11 @@ begin
       if Length(Args) = 0 then Exit;
       for x := 0 to Length(Args) - 1 do Args[x] := RemoveQuotation(Args[x]);
       DebugMsg(['**** Running spawn']);
-      x := SpawnProcess(Args[0], Running, Args);
+      try
+        x := SpawnProcess(Args[0], Running, Args);
+      except
+        on E: Exception do DebugMsg(['ExecuteProgram(AppCMDLine = ''', AppCMDLine, '''): Exception: ', E.Message]);
+      end;
       DebugMsg(['**** Running spawn -- done']);
       Result := Running;
       if not Running then ErrorSignal := x;
@@ -1378,7 +1386,7 @@ begin
       execvp(PChar(Parameters[0]), args_list);
       DebugMsg(['***** HandleSystemCommand: failed execvp: something went wrong...']);
       WriteLn(erroutput, 'Error executing command');
-      Halt(ConstERRSpawn);
+      _exit(ConstERRSpawn);
     end;
 
     Result := Length(s) = 0;
@@ -1929,7 +1937,7 @@ begin
   memset(@sigchld_action, 0, SizeOf(__sigaction));
   sigchld_action.__sigaction_handler := @signal_proc;
   sigaction(SIGUSR1, @sigchld_action, nil);
-  sigaction(SIGCHLD, @sigchld_action, nil); 
+  sigaction(SIGCHLD, @sigchld_action, nil);
 end;
 
 procedure SetupColors;