Pirut & Pup problem

[Derick Centeno]

Recently within YDL 5 for the Mac, I've noticed that when I select 
either Pirut or pup (Software Updater) a dialog box appears stating:

Invalid call to subprocess.

Does anyone know what is going on?

Also I've noticed that logging out is a real effort.  When I do: System 
-> Logout, the appropriate dialog box appears but it takes forever to 
proceed to completion.  Instead of ending normally, a dialog box appears 
announcing log out problems.  Any ideas on how to resolve that?

David?

Thanks for your time...