From 933099579e714f65a8a0429ac9af79cac8f0842e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Trenkel Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:29:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Annoying signal documentation. --- src/collectd-python.pod | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/collectd-python.pod b/src/collectd-python.pod index 3620aee7..021a6c57 100644 --- a/src/collectd-python.pod +++ b/src/collectd-python.pod @@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ exception either. To quit collectd send I (press I at the beginning of a new line). +=item + +B<3.> collectd handles I. This means that python won't be able to +determine the return code of spawned processes with system(), popen() and +subprocess. This will result in python not using external programs like less +to display help texts. You can override this behavior with the B +environment variable, e.g. I before starting collectd. +Depending on your version of python this might or might not result in an +B exception which can be ignored. + =back =item EB IE block -- 2.11.0