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Bug 435172 - app-admin/sysstat: Cronjobs causing Bash zombies
Summary: app-admin/sysstat: Cronjobs causing Bash zombies
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2012-09-16 00:35 UTC by Christian Ruppert (idl0r)
Modified: 2012-09-16 13:48 UTC (History)
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Description Christian Ruppert (idl0r) gentoo-dev 2012-09-16 00:35:24 UTC 
Both cronjobs are using a "&" to fork and this will cause the bash process to be shown as zombie.
The "&" should be removed from both jobs.
Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-09-16 13:48:38 UTC 
That's been there since the dawn of time! Fixed.