Public bug reported: I'd like for the fix to python issue 14308 to be ported to python2.7 in Ubuntu Precise. http://bugs.python.org/issue14308
As near as I can tell, it affects python 2.7 threading.Thread threads which have were are created, call currentThread(), are then forked, and then terminate. For my purposes, it is affecting some code I wrote which does spawns processes to run simple shell scripts in the background. It also seems to have affected various Django projects as well as Duplicity as per https://bugs.launchpad.net/duplicity/+bug/946993. As I read that ticket, it was fixed via a workaround in Duplicity/Debbugs? It seems to me that this is really a Python2.7 bug. I was able to easily reproduce this bug with this small test case as per the python bug ticket on Ubuntu Precise Server: <code> #!/usr/bin/python import os import thread import threading import time def t(): threading.currentThread() # Populate threading._active with a DummyThread time.sleep(3) thread.start_new_thread(t, ()) time.sleep(1) pid = os.fork() if pid == 0: os._exit(0) os.waitpid(pid, 0) </code> The fix is a simple two-line patch to threading.py implemented by the fix for python bug 14308. I have also attached that, again from http://bugs.python.org/issue14308. As far as I can tell, this has not made its way from upstream to Precise. My sincerest apologies if this is reported elsewhere or my report is somehow inappropriate. ** Affects: python2.7 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Patch added: "Patch from Python Bug 14308" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1100343/+attachment/3484789/+files/dummythreadafterfork2.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1100343 Title: Error on some forked thread termination in python threading module To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python2.7/+bug/1100343/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
