>The upgrade should solve your problem. The actual problem is >that if syslogd restarts, the syslog(3) call no longer works >for those processes that have used logopen(), because syslogd >is no longer listening on the other end of the pipe; instead, >SIGPIPE is generated. The temporary fix for cron was to catch >the SIGPIPE and re-open the pipe. The real fix would >be for syslog(3) catch the SIGPIPE and DTRT.
Well I upgraded and cron died overnight... <sigh> hopefully it was a breaking in problem and it will settle in now. >BTW, if you're upgrading, -36.1 should be fine, but if you deleted >and re-installed, you'll need to check that the rc.d links got >installed correctly. If not, you can reset them with Ooh, nasty :) I upgraded so it didn't catch me. Thanks though. Adam -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]