> : `cmp -s /tmp/.mrs_8036 /etc/local/root.rdist.hosts`
> : die "could not move $tmp_filename to $out_filename: $!" if ($? != 0);
>
> You need to post a small, working perl script for others to
> duplicate the problem.
The above is 'working' for me, just substitute the filenames with two
existing filenames on your system. It really doesn't matter which files,
as soon as I put it in crontab I get the error. In fact it doesn't matter
what the command executes is, I got the same thing with 'cmp', 'mv' and
'ping'.
> You also need to say the version of glibc you are using.
It the latest Red Hat 5.1/5.2 one, 2.0.7-something. I don't *think* it's
glibc-related though, the strace output is pretty clear and it shows the
bare system calls.
Bottom line is, a process dies, its parent gets a SIGCHLD, does a wait4()
and the result is ECHILD. The system calls trace shows nothing unusual.
Unless I'm a complete idiot, I don't see how anything non-kernel could
interefere..
Thanks,
Ion
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