Package: fakeroot Version: 1.2.10 Severity: important When tracking down problems with a build script that extensively uses fakeroot I found that the fakeroot script doesn't properly wait for faked to terminate. This introduces a race condition that may trash the save-file on successive fakeroot calls.
The offending part of the fakeroot script is: |trap "kill -s TERM $PID ; wait $PID >/dev/null 2>&1" EXIT INT Because 'faked' has detached itself from the terminal, it cannot be waited for with the sh builtin command 'wait'. When the output redirection to /dev/null is removed from the above line, you will see the error message: |wait: pid ... is not a child of this shell This may lead to concurrent access of multiple faked daemons called with the '--load' and '--save-file' options, especially on a heavily loaded machine, or if the save-file is quite large. Reproduction: I did not yet find an easy way to reproduce this bug consistently, but the implications of the failing wait system call for the faked subprocess should be obvious. Lothar Wassmann -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.27 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages fakeroot depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
