1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Mailman/Deliverer.py b/Mailman/Deliverer.py
index 754374db8..f01142844 100644
--- a/Mailman/Deliverer.py
+++ b/Mailman/Deliverer.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import string, os, sys
 import operator
+import errno
 import mm_cfg
 import Errors
 import Utils
@@ -169,7 +170,22 @@ class Deliverer:
 	if footer:
 	    cmdproc.write(footer)
 
-	status = cmdproc.close()
+        # TBD: this potentially masks a real bug.  We have been getting
+        # several reports from Linux users that this line is raising the
+        # following exception:
+        #
+        # IOError: (10, 'No child processes')
+        #
+        # I don't know how this can happen, I can't reproduce it on Solaris,
+        # and it doesn't seem to affect anything.  So I'm chalking it up to a
+        # harmless Linux artifact that we can safely ignore.
+        try:
+            status = cmdproc.close()
+        except IOError, (code, msg):
+            if errcode <> errno.ECHILD:
+                Utils.reraise()
+            # otherwise just ignore it
+            status = 0
         if status:
             self.LogMsg('deliverer', 
                         'Non-zero exit status: %d\nCommand: %s',