Bugs item #1512163, was opened at 2006-06-25 08:38
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: David Watson (baikie)
>Assigned to: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
Summary: mailbox (2.5b1): locking doesn't work (esp. on FreeBSD)
Initial Comment:
fcntl/flock() locking of mailboxes is actually disabled
due to a typo:
--- mailbox.py.orig
+++ mailbox.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
import rfc822
import StringIO
try:
- import fnctl
+ import fcntl
except ImportError:
fcntl = None
However, once enabled, it doesn't work on FreeBSD - the
lock() method always raises ExternalClashError (tested
on 5.3). This is because flock(), lockf() and fcntl
locking share the same underlying mechanism on this
system (and probably others), and so the second lock
can never be acquired.
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>Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Date: 2006-06-25 12:52
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Andrew, are you helping maintain this module? David is
correct that fcntl is mispelled in current svn. Not sure
what to do about the locking issue.
David, would it be possible for you to work on a patch to
correct this problem? I'm not sure if any developer has
access to a FreeBSD box similar to yours. (There are a
couple that use FreeBSD though.) It would be great to come
up with tests for this if the current ones don't stress this
situation.
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