Re: [Evolution] Left over Flatpak processes

[Douglas Summers <ajgringo619 hotmail com>]

On Sat, 2020-09-26 at 10:15 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > ...and after shutdown:
> > $ ps -ef | grep evolution
> > me  2587     1  0 17:53 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/flatpak-
> > bwrap --
> > args 33 evolution
> > me  2715  2587  0 17:53 ?        00:00:00 /app/libexec/evolution-
> > source-registry
> > me  2985  2587  0 17:53 ?        00:00:00 /app/libexec/evolution-
> > addressbook-factory -r
> > me  3150  2587  0 17:53 ?        00:00:00 /app/libexec/evolution-
> > data-
> > server/evolution-alarm-notify
> >
> > So far, when killing these processes (via 'flatpak kill
> > org.gnome.Evolution') and restarting Evolution, I have not had any
> > problems show up. I guess the question is: should I be concerned
> > about
> > this? If you think this is a Flatpak-related problem, then I'll
> > post on
> > their list.
> I don't know anything about flatpak and how it's supposed to work,
> but
> those evolution processes are left because they are potentially used
> by
> other parts of the Gnome system. Whether it is appropriate, or
> sensible, to leave them running in a flatpak environment is another
> matter; but they are left running normally.
>
> There's no problem killing them: evolution will just start new ones
> when necessary.
>
> A question though, if you restart flatpak evolution without killing
> those processes, does it re-use those same registry/factory processes
> or does it start new ones? If the latter, then they should die along
> with the main evolution process, otherwise you're going to end up
> with
> possibly a load of useless processes.
At first glance, it looks like a new instance of Evolution is reusing
the old processes. Thanks for the info.