On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 02:15:20PM +0100, Tim Dijkstra (tdykstra) wrote: > Package: menu > Version: Patch to just fork and die, instead of waiting on a signal > Followup-For: Bug #374834 > > Hi, > > I prepared a patch that removes the singal business. The logic used to > be: > - Parent forks, stays waiting for a signal to die, blocking dpkg. > - child would see if it really needs to exist. Create the string for a > stdout file. Tell the user, then tell the parent to die. > Waits for dpkg to finish. > Now: > - Parent checks if fork is really needed. Forks. Creates string for stdout > file, tells user about it. Dies. > - Child waits for dpkg to finish. > > Would be nice if you could try to get this into etch (if indeed this looks > harmless to you). Maybe Mario can check that it works for him too.
Hello Tim, The issue is that this patch cause a regression in behaviour, by re-adding the race condition the signal code was added to prevent. The bug is much probably in the C library. It would really help if we had a test-case and know which kind of system are affected. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large blue swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
