1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/crond.c b/miscutils/crond.c
index 96131cae4..b29745576 100644
--- a/miscutils/crond.c
+++ b/miscutils/crond.c
@@ -1001,6 +1001,10 @@ static int check_completions(void)
                         /* else: r == 0: "process is still running" */
                         file->cf_has_running = 1;
                 }
+
+                /* Reap any other children we don't actively track */
+                while (waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG) > 0);
+
 //FIXME: if !file->cf_has_running && file->deleted: delete it!
 //otherwise deleted entries will stay forever, right?
                 num_still_running += file->cf_has_running;