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<DIV><SPAN class=877192116-29072002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What
exactly did the new forking code do anyway? Sorry, Im not a programmer. Wish I
was,..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877192116-29072002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I will
keep version 3.29.8!! for now. Because in RedHat 7.2 Mailscanner/Spamassassin
are working very nicely !!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Matt Doherty<BR>IT Dept<BR>Datawatch Corp<BR><BR>>>In a
world without walls or fences, who needs Windows and Gates?<<</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Julian Field
[mailto:mailscanner@ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 29, 2002
12:59 PM<BR><B>To:</B> MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<BR><B>Subject:</B> ANNOUNCE:
Version 3.22-9<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I have had a couple of instability problems
reported to me, involving the <BR>new forking code I released in 3.22-8. It
works fine on most systems, but <BR>can cause MailScanner to silently die on a
few systems, notably some <BR>Solaris versions. <BR><BR>I have therefore
backed out the new forking code, hence the release of 3.22-9. <BR><BR>If you
don't want to upgrade but are happy applying simple patches, then <BR>edit
/usr/local/MailScanner/bin/mailscanner or <BR>/opt/mailscanner/bin/mailscanner
(depending on where you have it installed) <BR>and apply this:
<BR><BR>106,119c106,119 <BR>< #fork && exit; <BR>< #setsid();
<BR>< $SIG{CHLD} = \&REAPER; <BR>< if (fork) { <BR>< wait; #
Ensure child has exited <BR>< exit 0; <BR>< } <BR>< # This new
child's parent is perl <BR>< # Close output streams to break connection to
handin server <BR>< close(STDIN); <BR>< close(STDOUT); <BR><
close(STDERR); <BR>< fork && exit 0; <BR>< # This new
grand-child's parent is init <BR>--- <BR>> fork && exit; <BR>>
setsid(); <BR>> #$SIG{CHLD} = \&REAPER; <BR>> #if (fork) { <BR>>
# wait; # Ensure child has exited <BR>> # exit 0; <BR>> #} <BR>> ##
This new child's parent is perl <BR>> ## Close output streams to break
connection to handin server <BR>> #close(STDIN); <BR>> #close(STDOUT);
<BR>> #close(STDERR); <BR>> #fork && exit 0; <BR>> ## This
new grand-child's parent is init <BR><BR>i.e. un-comment the first 2 lines and
comment out the others. <BR><BR>I'm really sorry about this folks :-(
<BR><BR>Isn't it a good thing most people are on holiday... <BR><BR>You can of
course download 3.22-9 from the usual location: <BR>www.mailscanner.info
<BR>-- <BR>Julian Field Teaching Systems Manager <BR>jkf@ecs.soton.ac.uk Dept.
of Electronics & Computer Science <BR>Tel. 023 8059 2817 University of
Southampton <BR>Southampton SO17 1BJ <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>