[PyQt] [Errno 4] Interrupted system call

[Arve Knudsen]

Aha, so Ubuntu's version _is_ patched :)

Arve

On 5/28/07, Ismail Dönmez <ismail at pardus.org.tr> wrote:
>
> On Monday 28 May 2007 18:54:47 Jeremy Moskovich wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm having consistent problems using the python subprocess module in
> > PyQT applications.
> >
> > os.read() & os.wait() calls seem to be interrupted intermittently, in a
> > manner similar to the following stack trace:
> >
> > File "/homes/jeremym/programs/python2.5/lib/python2.5/subprocess.py",
> > line 593, in __init__
> > errread, errwrite)
> > File "/homes/jeremym/programs/python2.5/lib/python2.5/subprocess.py",
> > line 1046, in _execute_child
> > data = os.read(errpipe_read, 1048576) # Exceptions limited to 1 MB
> > OSError: [Errno 4] Interrupted system call
> >
> > The only mention I could find about this online is at:
> > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2007-February/427031.html
> > which just recommends retrying the operation.
> >
> > Does anyone know what the root of this problem is? How can it be solved
> > effectively
>
> You might want to try the following patch
> http://librarian.launchpad.net/6820347/subprocess-eintr-safety.patch . The
> bug report is @
>
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1068268&group_id=5470&atid=105470
>
>
> /ismail
>
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