ANNOUNCE: Unstable 4.30.1

[Julian Field]

Please try setting it to

$SIG{'CHLD'} = \&Reaper;

and let me know how well that works.

At 23:06 16/04/2004, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I can confirm this problem for FreeBSD. :-(
>So it's not platform related.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Bart Jan Buijs
>Dootall
>
>
>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>Van: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]Namens
>Julian Field
>Verzonden: Friday, April 16, 2004 11:01 PM
>Aan: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Onderwerp: Re: ANNOUNCE: Unstable 4.30.1
>
>
>In which case the experiment has failed. In /usr/sbin/MailScanner you will
>find a line including the word 'IGNORE' (in capitals). Please comment out
>that line.
>
>What operating system are you using?
>
>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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>Julian Field
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