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| author |  https://me.yahoo.com/a/2grhJvAC049fJnvALDXek.6MRZMTlg--#eec89 <John@web> | 2012-10-20 05:31:45 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2012-10-20 05:31:45 +0000 |
| commit | aeec5f1b7fc43f6be194cd38817b45a69bb70f5b (patch) | |
| tree | 292d80b88c4cec3b701ba24ad50c315b5d091f3b /doc | |
| parent | f00a0ff995eced2bab828d03d69fadeba1ec5b24 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/It_is_very_easy_to_turn_git-annex_into_a_zombie.mdwn b/doc/bugs/It_is_very_easy_to_turn_git-annex_into_a_zombie.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..dd92591e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/It_is_very_easy_to_turn_git-annex_into_a_zombie.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +What steps will reproduce the problem? + +Run the git-annex assitant, and then "sudo kill" it. + +What is the expected output? What do you see instead? + +I expect it to die, instead I end up with: + + 14604 ?? S 0:00.64 ga assistant + 14623 ?? Z 0:00.00 (git) + 14624 ?? Z 0:00.00 (git) + 14936 ?? Z 0:00.00 (git-annex) + +The only way to clear these zombies is to reboot. Perhaps there is some resource not being correctly terminated under exceptional conditions? + +Note that on OpenIndiana the problem is even more severe: Aborting git-annex at the wrong time leaves behind both zombie processes and lock files which cause the machine to suddenly halt if I try to access them in any way (via mv, rsync, etc)! + +What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? + +4d1e0c9 on OS X 10.8.2. + +Please provide any additional information below. + |