[2.3.11] sync_client bug: Starting MASTER imap-server can be delayed for 1000s if SLAVE is down.

[Boris Lytochkin]

It seems I want to contol sync_client from  external utility rather
than cyrus' master (i.e. using daemontools) - that's why I added -D option
to sync_client in my patch.


Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 1:55:13 PM, you wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:54:17 +0300, "Boris Lytochkin" <boris.lytochkin at e-port.ru> said:
>> Bron, look at my 1). I know about -o option :)
>> As I can see from source code, main idea in do_daemon() function is to
>> fork a child process that will connect to replica and do all jobs
>> needed. So connecting to replica in main() for rolling replication is not
>> right.

> I quite agree, but it at least lets the services on master start.  We use a separate
> monitor script to start up the sync_client again later if needed.

> I wrote a reasonably long thing on how I'd like it to be here:

> http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/cyrus-devel/2007-October/000525.html

> Anyway, your ideas look good, though I do like to have control on starting
> and stopping sync_client because sometimes we want to bring up replicas and
> know they won't be hammered until we're ready.  I'm almost tempted to take
> sync_client out of master's control completely and just manage the start
> and stop of sync_client entirely with our external scripts.

> Bron.


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