On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:09:17AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote: > Package: libc6 > Version: 2.7-4 > > Problem: There should not be defunct zombie processes in the default > Debian Lenny/testing branch. > > $ ps auxww | grep -i defunct > bob 3771 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 04:31 0:01 > [ld-linux.so.2] <defunct>
This is unlikely to be a glibc bug. If a parent process fails to reap its child when it dies, then the child will remain as a zombie until either the parent finally gets round to reaping it or the parent itself dies and the child is reparented to init, upon which init will reap it. What is bob's parent process? -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
