ANNOUNCE: Unstable 4.30.1

[Julian Field]

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At 21:49 16/04/2004, you wrote:
>Hi Julian,
>
> > - Fixed problem with some systems not rewinding file extraction directory
> >    properly.
> > - Fix to get rid of zombie processes quickly and cleanly.
>
>I dont know if it has to do with the zombie code, but i have it running on
>two of my exim boxes currently, 4.30.1 and both show the same behaviour. I
>have 10 mailscanner children normally, but they just die after some time
>and wont come back. Its all running ok, for hours, but then they drop out
>and i have to restart mailscanner to get it going again. Noticed this on
>my 2nd box, and seeing this on my 1st one also now.
>
>I also see this in /var/log/messages:
>
>Apr 16 22:27:59 vmx01 application bug: MailScanner(31044) has SIGCHLD set
>to SIG_IGN but calls wait().
>Apr 16 22:30:02 vmx01 application bug: MailScanner(7655) has SIGCHLD set
>to SIG_IGN but calls wait().
>Apr 16 22:31:04 vmx01 application bug: MailScanner(31044) has SIGCHLD set
>to SIG_IGN but calls wait().
>Apr 16 22:32:05 vmx01 application bug: MailScanner(31044) has SIGCHLD set
>to SIG_IGN but calls wait().
>Apr 16 22:34:12 vmx01 application bug: MailScanner(8506) has SIGCHLD set
>to SIG_IGN but calls wait().
>Apr 16 22:35:12 vmx01 application bug: MailScanner(31044) has SIGCHLD set
>to SIG_IGN but calls wait().
>Apr 16 22:36:12 vmx01 application bug: MailScanner(8909) has SIGCHLD set
>to SIG_IGN but calls wait().
>Apr 16 22:39:14 vmx01 application bug: MailScanner(9507) has SIGCHLD set
>to SIG_IGN but calls wait().
>Apr 16 22:43:36 vmx01 application bug: MailScanner(31044) has SIGCHLD set
>to SIG_IGN but calls wait().
>Apr 16 22:44:39 vmx01 application bug: MailScanner(11089) has SIGCHLD set
>to SIG_IGN but calls wait().
>
>Its really weird, it seems like its slowely dying...
>
>Bye,
>Raymond.

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