Race condition in /usr/bin/xvfb-run causes concurrent invocations to fail
Bug #348052 reported by
Andrew Pollock
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg-server (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
We have users that sometimes run xvfb-run multiple times concurrently for
running builds. They tell me there is a >50% chance that doing so will cause a
failure due to a race condition in how the server number is determined.
Related branches
Changed in xorg-server (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → bryceharrington |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in xorg-server (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Bryce Harrington (bryceharrington) → nobody |
Changed in xorg-server (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in xorg-server (Debian): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in xorg-server (Debian): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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This bug was fixed in the package xorg-server - 2:1.6.0-0ubuntu9
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xorg-server (2:1.6.0-0ubuntu9) jaunty; urgency=low
* local/xvfb-run: Fixes race condition with concurrent invocations xephyr. 1, rules, xserver- xephyr. install: Add man page
(LP: #348052)
* local/xvfb-run, xvfb-run.1: Add correct docs about error codes
(LP: #328205)
* local/xserver-
for xephyr
(LP: #134906)
-- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:37:22 -0700