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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-1825

Consider using vfork instead of fork in QProcess to support no-mmu systems

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      fork() is not implemented on no-mmu systems, but running processes can still be useful.
      vfork() is obsolescent is issue 6 of Posix, so rather look into spawn instead.

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          Task - A task that needs to be done. QTBUG-47250 QNX: Use ::forkfd, remove QPROCESS_USE_SPAWN

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