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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 20:05:37 -0000 On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 13:57:30 +0100 (CET), Eric J wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:44:23 +0100 (CET), Eric J wrote: > > Using the API, I am adding single mail files, already in the maildir, to > > the Notmuch database and tagging them. It works, every time, as long as > > I run it one file at a time. > > > > 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. > 8>< -------- > > > > The wrapper around the API for Tcl is very simple, and I can not see any > > way for that or Tcl itself to cause this sort of problem. Beyond this, > > I haven't thought of any way to decide if this could be a Notmuch problem > > or a Xapian problem. > 8>< -------- > > Well, after some experimenting, this is not specific to Notmuch at all. > Xapian itself has Tcl bindings, and they also silently fail to lock the > file. So does putting a minimally changed copy of Xapian's locking code > directly in a Tcl extension, though that code works when called from a > tiny C main program instead. > > So thanks for looking, I will report here if I find out why. Well, this seems to be a Tcl problem, not present in 8.5, but present in 8.6, up until the very new 8.6.5rc2, where it seems to work. Sadly, I still have no explanation of the problem. Eric -- ms fnd in a lbry