On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 Ed.Greshko@greshko.com wrote: =>On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Steven W. Orr wrote: => =>> After upgrading from Red Hat 8.0 kernel to the new 2.4.20 rawhide kernel, =>> I now get these warning messages in my syslog: =>> =>> Mar 1 13:52:19 saturn kernel: application bug: spamd(8587) has SIGCHLD =>> set to SIG_IGN but calls wait(). =>> Mar 1 13:52:19 saturn kernel: (see the NOTES section of 'man 2 wait'). =>> Workaround activated. =>> =>> I also get warnings from crond and privoxy. =>> =>> Is this a spamassassin/crond/privoxy bug or should I be switching back to =>> the 2.4.18 kernel? =>> =>> I do understand that this is a rawhide kernel, but I'm not sure who else =>> to ask this question to. => =>The rawhide list would be one place... :-) => =>However, this sounds like a mismatch more than a bug. If you play with =>the rawhide stuff you need to be prepared for this sort of thing. What =>you do is upgrade the packages that give you the warnings to the rawhide =>versions or get them from the new phoebe beta. => =>Generally speaking....if you are not willing to deal with these quirks or =>can't accept a dead system (can happen) you shouldn't be playing with =>fire. :-) => =>Regards, =>Ed Where's the rawhide list? I looked at redhat and didn't see one. I *am* willing to deal with these quirks. :-) That's why I'm asking this question. I see in kernel/exit.c that someone added this code. It's coming out of a printk with priority KERN_INFO. Still interesting more info. Thanks. -- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have - -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo at syslang.net -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
