[Mono-bugs] [Bug 79286][Min] Changed - Still leaking WAPI process handles

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Changed by brian at fluggo.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=79286

--- shadow/79286	2006-09-26 14:53:07.000000000 -0400
+++ shadow/79286.tmp.28036	2006-09-26 15:04:25.000000000 -0400
@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@
 because these days we use a daemonless setup and it requires the
 cleaner thread to clean these things.
 
 Either increase the number of wapi handles, or use an alternative that
 does not consume wapi handles like calling "System" directly or g_spawn
 
+
+------- Additional Comments From brian at fluggo.com  2006-09-26 15:04 -------
+The problem is the handles do *not* disappear. They stay around until
+the program eventually self-destructs from having a full WAPI table.
+
+Heck, I'd even accept Mono killing itself in that situation. Right
+now, it just hangs, leaving no way to detect the error.
+
+Increasing the number of WAPI handles will only delay the inevitable.
+I assume that by "System" you mean a P/Invoke call to some C routine
+that will spawn a program for me. It's a possibility, though it's kind
+of an ugly workaround, and I'm not even sure how to pipe the output
+back to me in that situation without spawning a shell script.