Re: [exim] exim dies on the interrupted system call

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Author: Phil Pennock
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To: Артём Каялайнен
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] exim dies on the interrupted system call
On 2010-12-28 at 10:06 +0300, Артём Каялайнен wrote:
> 28.12.2010 5:39, Phil Pennock пишет:
> > This is a bug in Exim. Looking at the code, I'm rather shocked that
> > it has never bitten us before now.
> >
> > I've filed a tracking bug for this:
> > http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1053
> >
> > Feel free to add yourself to the CC list of the bug.
> >
> > Regards, -Phil
>
> Hmm, quite unexpectedly. Thanks for the details. The only solution so
> far - periodically check the status of exim by cron job?


That, or protect the service in a keep-alive wrapper, which is normally
good policy for any critical daemon. Exim is normally much more stable
than this. I'll try to find time tonight to write a patch.

-Phil