It seems that this is just a BDB tuning issue, see http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/sks-devel/2012-06/msg00036.html
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #678927 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=678927 ** Also affects: sks (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=678927 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Debian OCaml Maintainers, which is subscribed to sks in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937931 Title: unable to allocate memory for mutex; resize mutex region Status in “sks” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “sks” package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: After upgrading the server to oneiric sks got stuck with the following error message in db.log: 2012-02-21 13:27:54 Error fetching uid during VIndex for keyid 0xA1630C8F74E0B766: Bdb.DBError("unable to allocate memory for mutex; resize mutex region") Package version: sks 1.1.1+dpkgv3-7 oneiric de.archive.ubuntu.com To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sks/+bug/937931/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ocaml-maint Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ocaml-maint More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

