daemons 1.0.8 → 1.0.9

data/README

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-= Daemons Version 1.0.8
+= Daemons Version 1.0.9
 
 (See Releases for release-specific information)
 

data/Releases

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 = Daemons Release History
 
+== Release 1.0.9: October 29, 2007
+
+* fixed a severe bug in the new Pid.running? function: function returned true if the process did not exist (thanks to Jeremy Lawler).
+
 == Release 1.0.8: September 24, 2007
 
 * new Pid.running? function. Checking whether a process exists by sending signal '0' (thanks to Dru Nelson).

data/lib/daemons.rb

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ require 'daemons/controller'
 #
 module Daemons
 
-  VERSION = "1.0.8"
+  VERSION = "1.0.9"
   
   require 'daemons/daemonize'
   

data/lib/daemons/pid.rb

@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@ module Daemons
       # Check if process is in existence
       # The simplest way to do this is to send signal '0'
       # (which is a single system call) that doesn't actually
-      # sending a signal
+      # send a signal
       begin
         Process.kill(0, pid)
         return true
       rescue Errno::ESRCH
-        return true
-      rescue Errno::EPERM
         return false
+      rescue ::Exception   # for example on EPERM (process exists but does not belong to us)
+        return true
+      #rescue Errno::EPERM
+      #  return false
       end
     end
     

metadata

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ rubygems_version: 0.9.2
 specification_version: 1
 name: daemons
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 1.0.8
-date: 2007-09-24 00:00:00 +02:00
+  version: 1.0.9
+date: 2007-10-29 00:00:00 +01:00
 summary: A toolkit to create and control daemons in different ways
 require_paths: 
 - lib