From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 754 invoked from network); 25 May 2008 23:34:26 -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=AWL,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; 25 May 2008 23:34:26 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 4274 invoked from network); 25 May 2008 23:34:21 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 25 May 2008 23:34:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 24122 invoked by alias); 25 May 2008 23:34:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 25108 Received: (qmail 24105 invoked from network); 25 May 2008 23:34:17 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 25 May 2008 23:34:17 -0000 Received: from prunille.vinc17.org (vinc17.pck.nerim.net [213.41.242.187]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 951C380589A4 for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 01:34:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: by prunille.vinc17.org (Postfix, from userid 501) id 0300A22BE6DF; Mon, 26 May 2008 01:34:10 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 01:34:10 +0200 From: Vincent Lefevre To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk, 482346@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#482346: zsh doesn't always wait for its children (-> zombie) Message-ID: <20080525233410.GA7056@prunille.vinc17.org> Mail-Followup-To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk, 482346@bugs.debian.org References: <080523073940.ZM13804@torch.brasslantern.com> <20080523145722.GA12096@scru.org> <20080523224305.GN7056@prunille.vinc17.org> <20080524025556.GA30511@scru.org> <20080524124445.GQ7056@prunille.vinc17.org> <20080524234002.GA35143@redoubt.spodhuis.org> <20080525004101.GT7056@prunille.vinc17.org> <20080525012321.GA7438@redoubt.spodhuis.org> <20080525213719.GV7056@prunille.vinc17.org> <20080525222657.GA80449@redoubt.spodhuis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20080525222657.GA80449@redoubt.spodhuis.org> X-Mailer-Info: http://www.vinc17.org/mutt/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17-vl-r21552 (2008-04-09) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/7238/Sun May 25 22:37:51 2008 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean On 2008-05-25 15:26:58 -0700, Phil Pennock wrote: > have you tried sending a SIGKILL to force-exit the vlc, to see if > either zsh or init can reap the process then? This has no effect. > Does ps(1) actually show the 'Z' for zombie? Yes (BTW, this was in my second message). Now, I could reproduce the problem with both bash and pdksh. I don't know why I couldn't reproduce it the first times while it is 100% reproducible under zsh (perhaps timings are a bit different). -- Vincent Lefèvre - Web: 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)