From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS14383 205.234.109.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Wong Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lang.ruby.unicorn.general Subject: Re: Kernel.srand after_fork Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:14:20 +0000 Message-ID: <20110128181420.GA29648@dcvr.yhbt.net> References: <20110128102649.GB25922@dcvr.yhbt.net> <20110128175111.GA18352@dcvr.yhbt.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1296238473 21991 80.91.229.12 (28 Jan 2011 18:14:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:14:33 +0000 (UTC) To: unicorn list Original-X-From: mongrel-unicorn-bounces@rubyforge.org Fri Jan 28 19:14:28 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gclrug-mongrel-unicorn@m.gmane.org X-Original-To: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org Delivered-To: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110128175111.GA18352@dcvr.yhbt.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: mongrel-unicorn-bounces@rubyforge.org Errors-To: mongrel-unicorn-bounces@rubyforge.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.lang.ruby.unicorn.general:840 Archived-At: Received: from rubyforge.org ([205.234.109.19]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pisq4-000100-GY for gclrug-mongrel-unicorn@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:14:28 +0100 Received: from rubyforge.org (rubyforge.org [127.0.0.1]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA9D4185837B; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:14:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from dcvr.yhbt.net (dcvr.yhbt.net [64.71.152.64]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF4C1858379 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:14:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.2.5]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B52C21F6A1; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:14:20 +0000 (UTC) Eric Wong wrote: > ghazel@gmail.com wrote: > > So, calling Kernel.srand in after_fork will fix the 1.8 bug and the > > 1.9.1 bug and work fine on 1.9.2? Just reported the bug to ruby-core and pushed this out: >>From f4caf6b6bdea902abaadd3c04b2af94f056c4ff1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Wong Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:11:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] KNOWN_ISSUES: document broken RNG+fork in newer Ruby 1.8 Reported by: ghazel@gmail.com ref: --- KNOWN_ISSUES | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/KNOWN_ISSUES b/KNOWN_ISSUES index f218b83..259681d 100644 --- a/KNOWN_ISSUES +++ b/KNOWN_ISSUES @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ Occasionally odd {issues}[link:ISSUES.html] arise without a transparent or acceptable solution. Those issues are documented here. +* Under some versions of Ruby 1.8, it is necessary to call +srand+ in an + after_fork hook to get correct random number generation. + + See http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/4338 + * For notes on sandboxing tools such as Bundler or Isolate, see the {Sandbox}[link:Sandbox.html] page. -- Eric Wong _______________________________________________ Unicorn mailing list - mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-unicorn Do not quote signatures (like this one) or top post when replying