Re: svn client hangs on db access

Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> writes:
> For the record, a db_recover -ve solved the problem.
>
> It's a bit spooky though that the db gets corrupted like that
> considering there was no crash infolved.

The DB isn't corrupted --- it's fine. But since Berkeley DB uses its
own locks, not some kernel-provided mechanism, there's no way to
ensure that when a process exits unexpectedly, its locks are
released. The next process comes in, finds the dead process's locks,
and politely waits for something that will never happen.

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Received on Fri Aug 2 19:24:36 2002