On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 05:08:11PM +0000, FACORAT Fabrice wrote: > Le mar 14/10/2003 ? 13:24, Frederic Crozat a ?crit : > > This is because NFS locking in broken in your environment..
ok, how can I detect where it's broken and how can I fix it? > > Evolution relies on working lock at filesystem level (ie NFS, local disk, > > whatever). > > but for #6140 ? This is not a locking problem of my environment ?!!! If > gnome is not quit properly, it let a lock file, and next time you start > .... blah, it detects the lock file and can't launch. > Really too fragile ... > I agree, locks over NFS have always had the reputation that they are fragile and best effort at most. Gnome is badly designed if it has to rely on the proper operation of NFS locks! NFS locks can be used, but should be mistrusted always! Cheers Simon
