Cyrus file locking issues

[Rob Siemborski]

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, John C. Amodeo wrote:

> We've run into this problem on Linux and it was determined glibc was most
> likely the problem.  John Wade wrote a file locking patch for 2.0.16 that has
> worked for us flawlessly for about a year now.  Its really saved us from a
> situation where we had to restart the Cyrus server every night.  I promised
> him lunch & and beer if he's ever in the area...

Right, I remember this patch now.

Of course, the real answer is "find the bug in the kernel/glibc" (which
is why we didn't take the patch).

-Rob

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