> dear developers,
>
> we are currently evaluating your software "nntpcache", and would like
> to know answers to the following questions:
>
> o does the commercial version differ from the freeware version ?
> o does the commercial license include bug support from your side ?
Currently the only difference between the two is that with the commercial
version you get support, and you don't get sued ;)
> sincerely, Herbert Rosmanith
> herp@wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at
>
> addendum: "strace -f ./nntpcached"
>
> [pid 3598] write(4, "article 1000010\r\n", 17) = 17
> [pid 3598] select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, {300, 0}) = 1 (in [4], left {299, 920000})
> [pid 3598] read(4, "220 1000010 <31C89BF9.1D96@c210."..., 2047) = 512
> [pid 3598] brk(0x8031000) = 0x8031000
> [pid 3598] select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, {300, 0}) = 1 (in [4], left {299, 970000})
> [pid 3598] read(4, "g: 8bit\r\nX-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0"..., 2047) = 512
> [pid 3598] select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, {300, 0}) = 1 (in [4], left {299, 990000})
> [pid 3598] read(4, "enen man(n) \r\nnicht nur zur St"..., 2047) = 88
> [pid 3598] write(1, "220 1000010 <31C89BF9.1D96@c210."..., 1024) = 1024
> [pid 3598] open("newmedia/1000010", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0664) = 6
> [pid 3598] fcntl(6, F_SETLKW, {type=F_EXLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
> [pid 3598] write(6, "Path: gortaur.idv-edu.uni-linz.a"..., 1047) = 1047
> [pid 3598] fcntl(6, F_SETLKW, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
> [pid 3598] close(6) = 0
> [pid 3598] write(11, "\00331C89BF9.1D96@c210.edvz.uni-"..., 57) = 57
> [pid 3596] <... select resumed> ) = 1 (in [10])
> [pid 3598] read(11, <unfinished ...>
> [pid 3596] wait4(-1,
> ^^^^^^^
>
> the father-process 3596 waits infinitetly for the child process 3598 to
> complete its read operation.
This is the wait you describe (in nntpcache.c)
static void check_child ()
{
#ifdef HAVE_WAIT3
int pid = wait3 (NULL, WNOHANG, NULL);
#else
#ifdef HAVE_WAITPID
int pid = waitpid ((pid_t) - 1, NULL, WNOHANG);
#else
#error no wait3 or waitpid for this system
#endif
#endif
WNOHANG mean's don't pause if no child has died. From that, I would say,
either your strace() has a problem or your kernel has a problem. Since
you are running linux, I strongly advise you upgrade to the 2.0 kernel.
nntpcache will not support the 1.2.8 kernel as of next release, due to
it's inability to mmap() (and a whole host of other things) correctly.
Hope this helps,
Julian.
--
"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims
may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons
than under omnipotent moral busybodies, The robber baron's cruelty may
sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who
torment us for own good will torment us without end, for they do so with
the approval of their own conscience." - C.S. Lewis, _God in the Dock_
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