On Thu, 27 Dec 2018 09:36:27 +0000 Dmitry Bogatov <kact...@debian.org> wrote:
> [2018-12-26 00:05] Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> > > part text/plain 1664 > > On Tue, 25 Dec 2018 13:39:17 +0000 > > Dmitry Bogatov <kact...@debian.org> wrote: > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > I am Debian maintainer of `runit' supervision suite. Recently, I > > > received bug report [^1] about stray .u logfiles. After some > > > investigation I found code, that caused issue, but it seems that > > > it was written with some purpose, yet I fail to understand that > > > purpose. > > > > > > Author Gerrit Pape directed me here. Any clarification would be > > > welcome! Please keep bug in thread. > > > > > > [^1] https://bugs.debian.org/916230 > > [...] > > > > This seems to be an intermittent problem (not reproducible at will), > > and very hard to reproduce by anyone but the bug reporter. If the > > preceding sentence is true, it's possible it will never be solved. > > In such a situation, a workaround becomes a legitimate tactic. > > No, it is reproducible. See end of bug thread. Hi Dmitry, Just so we're all on the same page, do you mean the end of https://bugs.debian.org/916230 ? Could you please provide a message number? I briefly looked over https://bugs.debian.org/916230, paying particular attention to the later half, and could see no reproduction sequence articulated. But sometimes I miss things. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt December 2018 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21