another gdesklets kse/libc_r problem

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 16:59:25 +0100, Franz Klammer <klammer at webonaut.com> 
wrote:

> at least under -current i've following threads-problem:
>
> when a sensor doing  commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
> out of a thread the first call works like expected, but
> the second call will result in a deadlock (i think).
> what i've found in the last days was that it happens while
> commands.getstatusoutput -> pipe.read()
>
> if added a print "1.... "+cmd bevore getstatusoutput and
> a print "2 ... "+cmd after. heres the output if i start
> gdesklets from a terminal-window:
>
> 1 ... /bin/date '+%a %d %b %y'|iconv -t UTF-8
> 2 ... /bin/date '+%a %d %b %y'|iconv -t UTF-8
> 1 ... /bin/date '+%a %d %b %y'|iconv -t UTF-8
>
>
> that problem only occours with libc_r but not with libkse.
>
> also with libc_r a ps fax | grep gdesklets looks like this:
>   80390  p4  S+     0:05,58 python /usr/X11R6/bin/gdesklets
>   80431  p4  S+     0:00,00 python /usr/X11R6/bin/gdesklets
>   80446  p4  S+     0:00,00 python /usr/X11R6/bin/gdesklets
>
> with libkse there is only one line.
>
> i'm out of ideas now.

It might be good idea to send it to freebsd-thread. I don't know if they 
read in here. :-)

BTW: I will check on your PSI shar file this week, I am kind of little 
busy for a little while.

Cheers,
Mezz

> franz.


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