From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C7016DE0927 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:41:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.707 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.707 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.204, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.211] 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 7lXGdzMo1ZML for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:41:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from filter02.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net (filter02.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net [199.224.80.229]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE6286DE1343 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:41:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by filter02.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BD0916B0CA; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 02:41:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay02.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net ([199.224.80.245]) by localhost (filter02.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net [199.224.80.229]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id IkmwRn-xn--y; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 02:41:09 +0000 (UTC) X-Originating-IP: [50.39.167.193] X-Previous-IP: 50.39.167.193 Received: from beetle_b (50-39-167-193.bvtn.or.frontiernet.net [50.39.167.193]) by relay02.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 9846D7FDA; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 02:41:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by beetle_b (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 17E311EA0204; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:41:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Mueen Nawaz To: Olly Betts , David Bremner Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org, xapian-discuss@lists.xapian.org Subject: Re: Notmuch DB Problems In-Reply-To: <20180910212400.zxcj3ibfwpzbhzsw@survex.com> References: <47409d4ed692a336458371102bcbcbd86ab4a067@webmail.nawaz.org> <874lf3es5a.fsf@nikula.org> <87tvn1e32k.fsf@nawaz.org> <87a7opk45p.fsf@tethera.net> <20180910212400.zxcj3ibfwpzbhzsw@survex.com> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:41:43 -0700 Message-ID: <87tvmvcu8o.fsf@nawaz.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 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: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 02:41:24 -0000 Olly Betts writes: > It doesn't make much sense to me that holding the lock alone > could be causing any sort of corruption - that's just an fcntl() > lock. > > I would suggest to make sure you're running Xapian 1.4.7 as that > fixed a cursor handling bug which affected notmuch. I didn't > find a way to make it corrupt on-disk data, but it's hard to be > completely certain that it couldn't ever do that, so ruling out > that as a cause would be good. I was running 1.4.5 - maybe that's the cause? -- Don't take life so seriously. It won't last. /\ /\ /\ / / \/ \ u e e n / \/ a w a z >>>>>>mueen@nawaz.org<<<<<< anl