Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:43:28PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:33:04PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 03:33:56PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote: >>>> Processes that attempt to shed their controlling terminal do so >>>> well enough for the tty to show as ? in ps output, but they still >>>> keep the console window they were launched from open, after all >>>> other processes using it have exited. >>>> >>>> This is particularly annoying with ssh-agent - if I exit the shell >>>> in the terminal that launched it, that terminal becomes a zombie, >>>> hanging around for no purpose. If I close that window using the >>>> Windows close box, the ssh-agent is killed. >>>> >>>> I'm not an expert in the ways of Unix ttys. Can anyone help me >>>> understand where the problem lies? >>> >>> setsid() >> >> I think I see the problem. It will be tricky to fix but I'll see >> what I can do. > > I've checked in some changes that seem to fix the reported behavior. > > Does the current snapshot rectify this behavior?
It does. Thankyou *very* much! A same-day bugfix is absolutely amazing! I can now successfully share an ssh-agent between all my shells, with it starting with the first one, and ending with the last, and no zombie windows if I end shells in the wrong order. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
