Re: [exim] Bug#360696: Bug#360696: Failed to get write lock …

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Author: Andreas Metzler
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To: exim-users
CC: 360696-submitter
Subject: Re: [exim] Bug#360696: Bug#360696: Failed to get write lock for /var/spool/exim4/db/retry.lockfile:timedout
On 2006-04-26 Michel Meyers <steltek@???> wrote:
> Philip Hazel wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Michel Meyers wrote:


>>> If there's anything I could run to debug it, please let me know (as I
>>> can reproduce the problem pretty easily here).


>> Perhaps compiling Exim with -g and taking a core dump of a stuck process
>> would help. If it is in a loop, that should indicate where the loop is.
>> You may have to do special things in order to get a dump of a setuid
>> process such as Exim - seek advice from Debian experts.


> OK, I'm not knowledgeable with debugging stuff at all so I will
> definitely need help there.

[...]

Hello,
I can provide you with packages with debuuging symbols (built with -g
and unstrippped).

http://downhill.aus.cc/debian/misc/exim4-daemon-heavy_4.61-1.0.0.debug_i386.deb
(md5: 1adecd15e58afe4f06d35b41bbda8871)

I thought this should work but it does not:
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Afaik
kill -ABRT process-id
should produce a core file in /var/spool/exim4. You'll probably need
to add
ulimit -c 50000
to the top of the init-script as core file generation seems to be
disabled by default.
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cu and- no more energy today -reas
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