[Mailman-Users] Lock Files

[Mark Sapiro]

Justin Denick wrote:

>Can anyone think of a reason that one list might use lock files, but other's
>wouldn't.
>I have about 5 lists, and when mailman is started a lock file (or two) is
>created for the list.
>
>listname.lock and listname.lock.webserver.9999.0


9999 is the pid of the process that set the lock. webserver is the name
of the host on which it is running. What process is this? Is it the
web server or one of its children or is it one of Mailman's qrunners?
If it is a qrunner, which one?

>This particular list is very slow when navigating the admin pages, While the
>other lists (without lock files) are very snappy.
>
>Are the speed issues related?


Yes, It seems something keeps locking the list for some reason. The
admin interface has to keep waiting for the lock to be relinquished.
The question is what other process keeps locking the list and why?

Also check Mailman's 'locks' log if there is one, and Mailman's 'error'
log.

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