[syslog-ng] Defunct processes when doing log rotation

Hi, I'm using syslog-ng 1.9.9 In syslog-ng.conf, I have specified a program to process the syslog-ng output. destination df_mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); program("/home/readlog/readlog.php"); }; When cron performs it's logrotation daily, it runs a reload of the syslog-ng system. The readlog.php script ends up being <defunct>. For example: root@thehost:/etc/logrotate.d# ps -ef | grep read root 9 1 0 Mar27 ? 00:00:00 [kthread] root 1652 537 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 [readlog.php] <defunct> root 4000 537 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:00 [readlog.php] <defunct> root 7189 537 0 Apr22 ? 00:00:00 [readlog.php] <defunct> Thanks for any suggestions. D