On 21-11-2024 13:02, Steffen Dettmer via Dng wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 12:57 PM Steffen Dettmer
> <steffen.dettmer@???> wrote:
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>       sdettmer@RefVm6:~/work/p1/src (master *+$|u=) $ strace -e kill
>     /bin/kill -7659 -7660
>       kill(-7, SIGTERM)                       = -1 ESRCH (No such process)
>       +++ exited with 0 +++
>       sdettmer@RefVm6:~/work/p1/src (master *+$|u=) $

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> ps: As a workaround, I can use "kill -- -9876" .
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I do not know what you want to achieve but as you can see kill act only
on SIGTERM and ignores -7659. You use kill with a PID and if this does
not act as wanted you do a  kill -15 PID (aka SIGTERM) or a  kill -9 PID
(aka SIGKILL).

I guess your workaround signals the -9 and ignores 876.