[Bucardo-general] Little zombie problem
Jon Jensen
jon at endpoint.com
Tue Nov 10 19:36:30 UTC 2009
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Selena Deckelmann wrote:
> The problem with the zombie is that it prevents future pushdeltas from
> being successful, because the 'kill -0' check succeeds.
>
> This may be a problem specific to my platform/version of perl (Mac OS X
> 10.5.8/perl 5.8.8). I have the latest versions of perl modules
> installed, and my tests pass.
That could indeed be a Mac OS X-specific problem. Have you had a chance to
try it on Linux?
> If I change $SIG{CHLD} from 'IGNORE' to a handler on an earlier version
> (not the current HEAD), I seem to be able to get rid of the zombie. This
> is a bit ham-fisted, however. My diff for Bucardo.pm against HEAD is
> attached.
That diff seems to include a whole lot more than just the signal handler
change. Is the rest of that relevant?
Jon
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