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+/* waitpid with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+int
+xwaitpid (int pid, int *status, int flags)
+{
+  pid_t result = waitpid (pid, status, flags);
+  if (result < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("waitpid: %m\n");
+  return result;
+}