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Author	sbt
Recipients	doerwalter, sbt
Date	2012-07-20.17:45:33
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Message-id	<1342806334.74.0.710325555785.issue15408@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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The problem is that os.wait() is returning when the wrong process exits. You can fix this by specifying the pid you are waiting for by doing "os.waitpid(pid, 0)" instead of "os.wait()". Arguably os.popen() and subprocess.communicate() etc should always reap the pid of the process they started.

The problem is that os.wait() is returning when the wrong process exits.

You can fix this by specifying the pid you are waiting for by doing "os.waitpid(pid, 0)" instead of "os.wait()".

Arguably os.popen() and subprocess.communicate() etc should always reap the pid of the process they started.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-07-20 17:45:34	sbt	set	recipients: + sbt, doerwalter
2012-07-20 17:45:34	sbt	set	messageid: <1342806334.74.0.710325555785.issue15408@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2012-07-20 17:45:34	sbt	link	issue15408 messages
2012-07-20 17:45:33	sbt	create