Bug#5040: lprng creates zombies
Package: lprng
Version: 2.3.12-3
The new lpd produces zombies.
(printer is offline, default config files)
$ lpr /etc/profile
$ lpq
Printer: lp@zaphod 'Generic dot-matrix printer entry'
Queue: 1 printable job
Server: pid 15735 active, Unspooler: pid 15736 active
Status: printing job 'cfA732zaphod.pi.fho-emden.de data file 'dfA732zaphod.pi.fho-emden.de', format 'f' at Tue Oct 29 00:01:35 1996
Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time
active tobias@zaphod+732 A 732 /etc/profile 719 00:01:35
$ lprm 732
Printer lp@zaphod:
checking 'cfA732zaphod.pi.fho-emden.de'
checking perms 'cfA732zaphod.pi.fho-emden.de'
removing 'tobias@zaphod+732'
killing subserver '15736'
# ps -axu|grep lp
lp 15728 0.1 1.6 1040 508 ? S 00:01 0:00 /usr/sbin/lpd
lp 15735 0.2 0.0 0 0 ? Z 00:01 0:00 (lpd <zombie>)
lp 15754 1.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 00:01 0:00 (lpd <zombie>)
root 15759 0.0 1.1 916 372 6 S 00:02 0:00 grep lp
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Peter Tobias EMail:
Fachhochschule Ostfriesland tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de
Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik tobias@debian.org
Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany tobias@linux.de
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