From 0c2124063dafb0d65ea3978c34030f5b3da3ac6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:03:13 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] Re: Lost updates to Notmuch database --- 95/db98e9c96c9d5846771689e6ff399b2e394a02 | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+) create mode 100644 95/db98e9c96c9d5846771689e6ff399b2e394a02 diff --git a/95/db98e9c96c9d5846771689e6ff399b2e394a02 b/95/db98e9c96c9d5846771689e6ff399b2e394a02 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..59d69098d --- /dev/null +++ b/95/db98e9c96c9d5846771689e6ff399b2e394a02 @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67AA66DE0FC5 + for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:03:23 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.307 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.307 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.244, + RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.55, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id V4Ts_4atIEZg for ; + Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:03:17 -0800 (PST) +Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 20F916DE091E + for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:03:16 -0800 (PST) +Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.84) + (envelope-from ) + id 1aWD0e-0001RB-OO; Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:03:56 -0500 +Received: (nullmailer pid 30294 invoked by uid 1000); + Thu, 18 Feb 2016 01:03:13 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: Eric J , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: Lost updates to Notmuch database +In-Reply-To: <337393ce5e2484d64f837a44b2c4f2ea32f91295-NM@bruno.deptj.eu> +References: <337393ce5e2484d64f837a44b2c4f2ea32f91295-NM@bruno.deptj.eu> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.21+26~g9404723 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:03:13 -0400 +Message-ID: <871t8avnhq.fsf@zancas.localnet> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 01:03:23 -0000 + +Eric J 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. + -- 2.26.2