Bug#43549: libc6: system() call zombies process while using threads
Package: libc6
Version: 2.1.2-0pre10
Severity: important
While doing some xmms development, I updated my libc only to discover that
when xmms tries to call unzip via the system() call, it causes the calling
process to immediately go to state Z (zombie) and the call never goes
through. Pressing Ctrl-C in the terminal window that the program is
running in will cause it to continue without completing the system() call.
However, sending the thread PID or the main app PID a SIGINT does not have
th same effect. (The system() call in question occurs in a thread. I tried
a system() call in a sample program that just did a system() and the
problem didn't seem to occur, so it would appear system() is doing
something non-threadsafe.)
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux patriot 2.2.11 #11 SMP Wed Aug 11 22:41:19 MDT 1999 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages libc6 depends on:
ii ldso 1.9.11-2 The Linux dynamic linker, library and utilit
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