Jonathan Amsterdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is a bug in python 2.4 under Linux 2.6.
>
> I occasionally see subprocess.Popen() fail to return, and I have
> finally figured out roughly what's going on. It involves the GC and
> stderr.
Interesting
Do you have a program to demonstrate t
This is a bug in python 2.4 under Linux 2.6.
I occasionally see subprocess.Popen() fail to return, and I have
finally figured out roughly what's going on. It involves the GC and
stderr.
1. os.fork()
2. Parent blocks reading from errpipe_read (subprocess.py:982)
3. In child, a GC occurs before t