This is a repost of a previous problem we've encountered since upgrading
to 1.8c under HP-UX 9.05.

Periodically Listserv just ... stops. There appears to be an orphan child
Listserv process whose creation time matches that of the last entry in the
Listserv log. Nothing out of the ordinary is logged prior to the hang in
either the Listserv or the system logs. No core dump - nothing. The child
process just sits there and does not respond - Listserv is effectively
dead at this point and must be killed then restarted. We didn't have this
problem under 1.8b. Any other HP-UX sites notice this problem? Could it be
a problem with the way it forks off child processes? Are there kernel
parms anyone know about which could affect this? I've looked to see if
there is any way to force a core dump under this situation and nothing
seems obvious.

Lsoft: anything else I can do to help you resolve this? I dunno if it's an
HP-UX problem which is showing up under Listserv 1.8c or what. Is there
anything internal in Listserv which has changed radically between the two
releases which may be related to this problem?

Any ideas appreciated since I'm completely at a dead-end

Thanks,

Scotty
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Steve Howie
Netnews and Listserv Admin
University of Guelph