STINNER Victor <vstin...@redhat.com> added the comment:
I'm not sure of the purpose of this issue.
It's expected to get an error if you try to send a signal to process which is
already terminated.
vstinner@apu$ python3
Python 3.7.2 (default, Jan 16 2019, 19:49:22)
>>> import subprocess
>>> proc=subprocess.Popen("/bin/true")
>>> import os
>>> os.waitpid(proc.pid, 0)
(8171, 0)
>>> proc.kill()
ProcessLookupError: [Errno 3] No such process
>>> proc.terminate()
ProcessLookupError: [Errno 3] No such process
Ignoring these errors would be very risky: if another process gets the same
pid, you would send a signal to the wrong process. Ooops.
If you only use the subprocess API, you don't have this issue:
vstinner@apu$ python3
Python 3.7.2 (default, Jan 16 2019, 19:49:22)
>>> import subprocess
>>> proc=subprocess.Popen("/bin/true")
>>> proc.wait()
0
>>> proc.kill() # do nothing
>>> proc.terminate() # do nothing
----------
nosy: +vstinner
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