--- pdksh-5.2.14/jobs.c~	2008-09-24 06:47:49.000000000 +0200

+++ pdksh-5.2.14/jobs.c	2008-09-24 06:48:40.000000000 +0200

@@ -226,7 +226,10 @@

 j_init(mflagset)

 	int mflagset;

 {

-	child_max = CHILD_MAX; /* so syscon() isn't always being called */

+	if (CHILD_MAX < 0)

+		child_max = 999; /* value from glibc 2.7 */

+	else

+		child_max = CHILD_MAX; /* so syscon() isn't always being called */

 #ifdef JOB_SIGS

 	sigemptyset(&sm_default);