Package: timeout Version: 1.18-3 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/timeout I have a cgi which ends like this:
/usr/bin/timeout 60 /usr/bin/octave --quiet --norc --no-history cgi.m as a safety net against the octave process going astray. It used to work until some time back. Now it just sits there without exiting, even after the Octave process has finished. This is what I get with 'ps ufaxww' as soon as the script is launched: www-data 2078 0.0 0.1 157148 6796 ? S 18:40 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start www-data 2094 0.0 0.0 17304 1376 ? S 18:41 0:00 \_ /bin/bash /usr/lib/cgi-bin/damatfrc.cgi www-data 2096 0.0 0.0 3644 396 ? Ss 18:41 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/timeout 60 /usr/bin/octave --quiet --norc --no-history /home/www/wnet/software/damatfrc/damatfrc.m cgi www-data 2097 64.0 0.8 213604 35380 ? R 18:41 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/octave --quiet --norc --no-history /home/www/wnet/software/damatfrc/damatfrc.m cgi www-data 2098 0.0 0.0 3644 144 ? S 18:41 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/timeout 60 /usr/bin/octave --quiet --norc --no-history /home/www/wnet/software/damatfrc/damatfrc.m cgi and this is what I get some seconds later, when the Octave script has exited: www-data 2078 0.0 0.1 157148 6796 ? S 18:40 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start www-data 2094 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 18:41 0:00 \_ [damatfrc.cgi] <defunct> www-data 2098 0.0 0.0 3644 144 ? S 18:41 0:00 /usr/bin/timeout 60 /usr/bin/octave --quiet --norc --no-history /home/www/wnet/software/damatfrc/damatfrc.m cgi The Firefox client sits there waiting for about one minute after the page rendering is finished, with the circling pointer never stopping. Clearly there is a bug, but I do not know where is the culprit. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, lc_ctype=it...@euro (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages timeout depends on: ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries timeout recommends no packages. timeout suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
