2 Apr
2002
2 Apr
'02
11:46 p.m.
"CVR" == Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui@plaidworks.com> writes:
CVR> The other thing I've noticed about qrunner is it doesn't reap
CVR> it's children reliably (or at all, I'm not sure). So if you
CVR> have a busy mailman system, it tends to collect zombie
CVR> processes. This could create resource issues for some sites
CVR> that are living a bit on the edge. And once qrunner exits,
CVR> they all magically disappear... If we're rolling changes into
CVR> 2.0.9, here's another one that ought to be considered,
CVR> although again, it's mostly a big/b usy system issue.
But there shouldn't /be/ any children. The only code that calls fork() in 2.0.x is the mail->news gateway (ignore the test code in LockFile.py). Are you running any gated lists Chuq?
-Barry