From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 01:03:13 +0000 (+2000)
Subject: Re: Lost updates to Notmuch database
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Re: Lost updates to Notmuch database
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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
+To: Eric J <eric@deptj.eu>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org
+Subject: Re: Lost updates to Notmuch database
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+Eric J <eric@deptj.eu> writes:
+
+> However, if I do it twice, in different processes, at the same time, one
+> file is added and tagged properly, the other is not (totally unfindable
+> by notmuch search). Neither process reports any error, and they both log
+> their actions normally. Actually a third simultaneous process also fails
+> to leave any result in the database.
+
+It should be impossible for more than one process to open a Xapian
+database for writing at the same time. So if the processes are really
+running in parallel, you should be getting error codes from the later
+calls to notmuch_database_open{_verbose}. You claim that's not
+happening, which is puzzling. Maybe you can try to duplicate your
+problem with a tiny C program.
+