Information about the package, perl-Reaper, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Reaper package is designed for, Support for reaping child processes via $SIG{CHLD}.
Package Name:
perl-Reaper
Summary:
Support for reaping child processes via $SIG{CHLD}
Description:
perl has an annoying little problem with child processes -- well, it is not actually a problem specific to perl, but it is somewhat more difficult with perl: reaping child processes after they exit so they don't hang around as zombies forever, and doing it in a way that accurately captures the exit code of the child.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.00
Release:
1.el6
Size:
13 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Reaper package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Reaper
This command will install perl-Reaper on the server.
yum remove perl-Reaper
This command will un-install perl-Reaper on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Reaper, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Reaper
This command will un-install perl-Reaper on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-Reaper when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Reaper
This command will update perl-Reaper to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Reaper, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Reaper
This command will update perl-Reaper to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-Reaper when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Reaper
This command will show you core information about the perl-Reaper package.
yum deplist perl-Reaper
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Reaper. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update perl-Reaper
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Reaper. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.