[tor-commits] [stem/master] Note that process renaming might cause problems for FreeBSD

[atagar at torproject.org]

commit d14594b61f85527fcf2b20e90f36439391e1310b
Author: Damian Johnson <atagar at torproject.org>
Date:   Thu May 29 09:13:52 2014 -0700

    Note that process renaming might cause problems for FreeBSD
    
    Citing a ticket where a user indicated that _set_argv() caused issues for them.
    The user disappeared so not positive if it's really an issue (nor a fix if so).
---
 stem/util/system.py |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/stem/util/system.py b/stem/util/system.py
index c940578..89317df 100644
--- a/stem/util/system.py
+++ b/stem/util/system.py
@@ -942,6 +942,8 @@ def set_process_name(process_name):
   Renames our current process from "python <args>" to a custom name. This is
   best-effort, not necessarily working on all platforms.
 
+  **Note:** This might have issues on FreeBSD (:trac:`9804`).
+
   :param str process_name: new name for our process
   """