process not closing with thread-loader >=2.0.1 #56
Description
I have an instance of webpack dev server running in a forked process from my main process, and I noticed the fork started sticking around after the main process is closed, when it should be getting closed also. My project uses the thread-loader for babel-loader. The behavior started when I upgraded from thread-loader 2.0.0, and I've narrowed it down to being introduced in 2.0.1, and the only commit in it is #51.
I'm still working on an example I can link to, but basically my code looks like this
//main process
let child = fork(path.resolve(__dirname, './run-dev-server.js'), params);
process.on('exit', function(){
console.log('EXITING')
child.kill();
});
//run-dev-server.js
const compiler = webpack(config);
const server = new webpackDevServer(compiler, serverOptions);
server.listen(port, host);
//webpack rule in webpack.config.js
{
test: /\.js$/,
exclude: /node_modules|babel-helpers/,
use: [
'thread-loader',
{
loader: 'babel-loader',
options: {
cacheDirectory: true,
extends: path.join(__dirname, '../.babelrc')
}
}
]
}when i try to exit the main process, I see that EXITING gets printed, but now the forked process sticks around in the background still running webpack-dev-server. I might be able to change the signal I send to something that can't be ignored, but that seems like something I shouldn't have to do.
The behavior is not present in v2.0.0 (things work there), but 2.0.1 can reliably reproduce it. I'll try to get something I can link to though.