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On Sun May 02 12:08:18 2010, cems@mac.com wrote: > This is a bug report for perl from cems@lanl.gov, > generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl v5.8.9. > > FROM: charlie strauss, cems@lanl.gov > > perlbug: wait and waitpid can return -1 even when there are running > child forks. This happens any > time a kill signal is sent to a previously reaped child process ID > from inside the parent fork. > > tested on platforms: > > 1) mac osx 10.5.10 Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0 perl v5.8.9 built for > darwin-2level > > 2) Linux 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP > > Expected behaviour: > > if a parent waits on children then I expect that > 1) the wait() command should block till a child exists (or SIGCHLD). > 2) the wait() command should never return -1 if there are unreaped or > running children. I tested with your script under both Linux (3.2.0 kernel) and OS X 10.7.5 and in neither case did it report "Perl bug detected!!". On OS X I tested the system perl 5.12.3 and bleadperl. On Linux I tested 5.18.1 and bleadperl. Does the problem still occur for you with a current perl? Tony --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: new https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=74854Thread Previous