Just dies when merging.. usually here, sometimes earlier. register uno component: /var/tmp/portage/openoffice-bin-1.1.4/image//opt/OpenOffice.org/program/pythonloader.uno.so register configuration: ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge openoffice-bin 2.Wait a bit 3.When it stops doing everything look at top and there will be a zombie in there. Actual Results: setup.bin goes zombie.. as shown in top. 8513 root 22 0 0 0 0 Z 0.0 0.0 1:12.61 setup.bin <defunct> Expected Results: It should not have zombiefied. Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.10-rc3-no2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-rc3-no2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.70GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Sep 30 2004, 20:03:53)] distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.8.5-r2, 1.9.3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -mfpmath=sse -ffast-math -ftracer -fomit-frame-pointer -fweb -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -mfpmath=sse -ffast-math -ftracer -fomit-frame-pointer -fweb -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/trunk" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X acl alsa applypatches atm bitmap-fonts cdr chroot crypt cups curl encode fam fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib innondb ithreads javascript jpeg kde libcaca libwww maildir md5sum mmx motif mozilla mozinterfaceinfo moznoirc moznomail mozp3p mozsvg mpeg mysql ncurses nptlnptlonly oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl pic png ppds preempt python qt quicktime readline sdl spell sqlite sse sse2 ssl theora threads tiff truetype userlocales xine xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
Can't reproduce that, do you still get it?
I believe it is a kernel bug actually.. because it happens on two very different boxes.. on the same kernel. Exact same problem. (I maintain this kernel.. i'll look into it)
