On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 08:09, Huw Lynes wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Due to running out mailman server on dodgy old hardware with a geriatric > version of XFS we are quite often seeing corrupt .db an .pck files. > This is Mailman 2.1.4 on Python 2.3.3
> that except statement should include cPickle.UnpicklingError? Yep, I added that in cvs. Note that the Load() method should already log the file that couldn't be loaded, which you should see once that exception is also caught. Side note: You might want to turn on SYNC_AFTER_WRITE. > So in HyperDatabase.py the load method of DumbBTree > > def load(self): > try: > fp = open(self.path) > try: > self.dict = marshal.load(fp) > finally: > fp.close() > except IOError, e: > if e.errno <> errno.ENOENT: raise > pass > except EOFError: > pass > else: > self.__sort(dirty=1) > > Nothing there to catch ValueError: > > I have to say that I don't understand HyperDatabase.py because it doesn't > appear to do anything with exceptions. I haven't checked this one in, but you should try adding that exception clause and see if it fixes your problem. But you're right that HyperDatabase.py might need other fixes, which I don't have time for right now. -Barry _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org
