Paul Sutton <paul@ukweb.com> writes:
> On 14 Feb 1997, Paul Richards wrote:
> > When I looked at the problem with signal handling a few months ago I
> > thought I commented on the fact that the children are *not* passed a
> > signal at all. They are allowed to die naturally when they finish
> > processing the request. Are we changing that model? I've been trying to
> > catch up on two weeks mail (annual accounts audit and Phd viva both the
> > same week!) so I've skimmed quite a lot recently and might not be up to
> > speed on the problem. Someone want to give me a quick summary?
>
> Erm, I thought Apache had always sent the children HUPs to kill em
> immediately, which was the reason why graceful restarts are needed -- to
> let transfers in progress finish.
I was confused. It was SIGUSR1 that I was looking at a few months ago
not SIGHUP.
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