Re: [Exim] lockfile won't disappear

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] lockfile won't disappear
Philip,


ph10@??? said:
> It's not a lockfile error message! It's trying to open the DBM file
> and failing. Nothing to do with the lockfile. Quite what the error
> is, I don't know. I suggest you delete all the files in /db at a
> quiet time, and see if the problem recurs.


Since these are hint files, is it worth adding code to exim to unlink a
db file that fails to open and try again (once) - logging the event
appropriately?

    Nigel.


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