3.2b5 : mod_python doesn't handle properly signals like KILL, SEGV...

[Michel Jouvin <jo...@lal.in2p3.fr>]

Hi,

I recently installed mod_python 3.2b5 on Apache 2.0.54. I am running with 
problems if httpd slave process segfaults or is killed. In this case, 
master process restart the max number of processes/threads. We are running 
Apache with the MPM worker (on Tru64 platform).

This behaviour appears only if mod_python is loaded into Apache. this 
doesn't seem to be related to mod_python usage : this can happen if you 
load mod_python even if no URL is configured to use it. You can easily 
reproduce the problem by doing 'kill -KILL' of an Apache slave process.

Is it a known issue ? Are they any workaround ?

Thanks in advance.

Michel

ps : I know this version is not production quality but this behaviour was 
worst with 3.1. (happening even with graceful restart).

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