It is most certainly not from you, it was from me... and I posted an apology... I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I believe I have fixed it...
Trust me, I regret it, since I'm sure it is not going to help me get to the bottom of my problem... which is entirely unrelated. On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 07:04:26PM +0000, pete atkinson wrote: > As the true owner of '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', I am somewhat disturbed/bemused > by my address being included in this message.. > > > > On Wednesday 20 March 2002 17:04, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Whats going on anybody ? > > The real Pete ! > > On Wednesday 20 March 2002 17:04, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 20 11:15:23 2002 > > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:15:23 -0500 > > From: "Anthony R. J. Ball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: wait issues killing apt-get > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Mime-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Content-Disposition: inline > > User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i > > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests= version=2.11 > > > > > > 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 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ___ __ __ __ _ _ ____ _ _ ____ ____ / __)( )( ) /__\( \/ )( ___) ( \( )( ___)(_ _) \__ \ )(__)( /(__)\\ / )__) ) ( )__) )( (___/(______)(__)(__)\/ (____)()(_)\_)(____) (__) "Bother" said Pooh as Piglet acquired all four Railway stations