zombie processes

[Rumko]

On 2005-01-09, Rumko <rumcic at xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Before a restart I had 1k+ processes ... which appeared after I ran kaboodle.
> I basically blamed the kaboodle for them and didn't mind them. After i updated
> and restarted the computer zombies again appeared ... and I didn't run kaboodle
>
> Currently after a day of uptime I have 41 zombies and am running -current.
> Since as far as I know zombies are bad, I decided to say something about them.
>:)
ok, now i have 206 zombies and 4 days of uptime ... kill -HUP 1 does not reap
the zombies ... is this a bug or what? and what can i do to help find it?