I am terribly sorry, I just noticed this went out and got all fubar'd, I'm not sure why, but it may have something to do with qmail-scanner and spamassassin... Hopefully this message comes through alright...
> ACK! I am trying to install things and suddenly I have what > appears to be an issue with wait and waitpid on my system. > > (I am currently running unstable, which may be part of the problem) > > Anyway... if I try to install a package I get > # dpkg -i perl-doc_5.6.1-7_all.deb > dpkg-deb: wait for gzip -dc failed: No child processes > dpkg: error processing perl-doc_5.6.1-7_all.deb (--install): > subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > perl-doc_5.6.1-7_all.deb > > and if I try to apt-get update I get > Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages > > Waited, for gzip but it wasn't there > Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages > > Waited, for gzip but it wasn't there > Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages > > Waited, for gzip but it wasn't there > > > download works... but the gzip bit seems to fail... > every once in a while I am also getting > "Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default." > from a setuid perl script of mine, which was working > fine... but seem to be a result of the same problem, > I would guess, since it deals with child processes... > > Any idea where I shoud start looking to track this down, > I am stymied. > > Thank you - Anthony Ball > > -- > ___ __ __ __ _ _ ____ _ _ ____ ____ > / __)( )( ) /__\( \/ )( ___) ( \( )( ___)(_ _) > \__ \ )(__)( /(__)\\ / )__) ) ( )__) )( > (___/(______)(__)(__)\/ (____)()(_)\_)(____) (__) > If a mime talks about you behind your back, do your ears still burn? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ___ __ __ __ _ _ ____ _ _ ____ ____ / __)( )( ) /__\( \/ )( ___) ( \( )( ___)(_ _) \__ \ )(__)( /(__)\\ / )__) ) ( )__) )( (___/(______)(__)(__)\/ (____)()(_)\_)(____) (__) Great compassion is the root of all forms of worship.
