Created attachment 512508 [details]
patch to fix the bug

Description of problem:

ActiveObject.__kill() uses the kill() method of a Popen object, which was added in Python 2.6.  os.kill() is available in Python 2.4.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

0.0.105, HEAD

How reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:

1.  Run grinder under python 2.4.
  
Actual results:

        {'error_type': 'exceptions.AttributeError', 'error': "'Popen' object has no attribute 'kill'", 'traceback': ['Traceback (most recent call last):', '  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/grinder/ParallelFetch.py", line 321, in run', '    status,msg = self.fetcher.fetchItem(itemInfo)', '  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/grinder/activeobject.py", line 63, in __call__', '    return self.object(self, *args, **kwargs)', '  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/grinder/activeobject.py", line 166, in __call__', '    self.__kill()', '  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/grinder/activeobject.py", line 145, in __kill', '    self.__child.kill()', "AttributeError: 'Popen' object has no attribute 'kill'"]}

Expected results:

Child respawns.

Additional info:

Patch attached.