Re: ifconfig defunct (again...)

[Mark . Burgess]

Seriously, I wish thatI understood the reason for this. It seems to happen
only when a file has been copied over the interface in advance. Why?
I have no idea. If anyone of you can figure this out, I would be 
overjoyed!

Mark

On 25 Aug, Mike Gabriel wrote:
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> hi there,
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> i was just wondering if the ifconfig defunct problem issued in 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-cfengine/2004-06/msg00024.html
> 
> has yet been solved in cfengine 2.1.10. currently i habe been using a 2.1.9 
> debian sid package backported to sarge with a 2.6.5 kernel (ipv6 is 
> activated...)
> 
> from time to time (more than once daily) a cfagent and its child ifconfig 
> hangs around on the system in zombie fashion. the system becomes incredibly 
> slow around the network devices on this occasion...
> 
> if this issue has not been solved, the admins at our institute may contribute 
> to the debugging...
> 
> mike gabriel
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