From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17729 invoked from network); 23 May 2008 14:57:35 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.4 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 23 May 2008 14:57:34 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 72665 invoked from network); 23 May 2008 14:57:31 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 23 May 2008 14:57:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 23234 invoked by alias); 23 May 2008 14:57:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 25085 Received: (qmail 23218 invoked from network); 23 May 2008 14:57:28 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 23 May 2008 14:57:28 -0000 Received: from cork.scru.org (cork.scru.org [209.20.67.2]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D346E80589A4 for ; Fri, 23 May 2008 16:57:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: by cork.scru.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8F8E71040D7; Fri, 23 May 2008 14:57:22 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 14:57:22 +0000 From: Clint Adams To: Bart Schaefer Cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk, 482346@bugs.debian.org, Vincent Lefevre Subject: Re: Bug#482346: zsh doesn't always wait for its children (-> zombie) Message-ID: <20080523145722.GA12096@scru.org> Mail-Followup-To: Bart Schaefer , zsh-workers@sunsite.dk, 482346@bugs.debian.org, Vincent Lefevre References: <20080521235008.GA5600@ay.vinc17.org> <20080521235930.GW7056@prunille.vinc17.org> <20080522233327.GA24953@scru.org> <080523073940.ZM13804@torch.brasslantern.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <080523073940.ZM13804@torch.brasslantern.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/7222/Fri May 23 14:53:12 2008 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 07:39:40AM -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote: > What version of the shell are we dealing with here? Does it have PWS's > patch from users/12815? I've been a little worried that that is too > simple. On the other hand, if it does not have users/12815, it's > possible that zsh is actually waiting for some other job that doesn't > exist any more, and interrupting vlc is a red herring. > I note from the ps output that PIDs have rolled over since the shell > was started, which is exactly the case where that patch would come > into play. He's using what is just about stock 4.3.6. Vincent, could you try reproducing this with the zsh-beta package?