andy@homebase.vistachrome.com (Andy Finkenstadt) writes:
# Well, I managed to stress out majordomo. :-)
#
# I am taking over the rec.arts.erotica mailing list reflector, and have
# had subscription requests out the wazoo. Apparently when someone asks
# to be subscribed to the list and someone else asks for a list of lists,
# they collide and the lists command aborts out. Please note the times
# in the capture below:
#
# Oct 19 12:31:18 cyan majordomo[2761] {person1} subscribe erotica person1
# Oct 19 12:31:23 cyan majordomo[2821] {person2} lists
# Oct 19 12:31:28 cyan majordomo[2808] {person3} subscribe erotica person3
# Oct 19 12:31:29 cyan majordomo[2821] {person2} (split to next line)
# ABORT Can't open list /usr/local/lib/majordomo/lists/shlock2781
# Oct 19 12:31:31 cyan majordomo[2808] {person3} help
#
# Notice that person3's job is still being processed apparently with
# a "subscribe" "help" set of lines.
#
# I can think of three things that can help this situation:
# 1. change shlock.pl to use the parent directory or /tmp for its lock file
# 2. change lists to lock the directory while it does its stuff
# 3. change lists to skip any files beginning 'shlock'
#
# Could this be a real bug, or do I have my system configured incorrectly,
# or should I already have done 1 or 2 by virtue of applying previously
# mentioned patches? (I am using the release of majordomo available a
# week ago.)
No, it's a real bug, which I first stumbled across last month.
Basicly, the problem is that, as far as Majordomo is concerned,
"shlock12345" (which is the form of temporary files that "shlock"
creates) is a valid name for a mailing list. The solution is to use
"shlock.12345" instead; since this has a "." in it, Majordomo doesn't
think it's a valid list name. A patch to do this is included below;
this is in the next release.
-Brent
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< # $Revision: 1.6 $
< # $Date: 1993/04/16 23:21:31 $
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> # $Revision: 1.7 $
> # $Date: 1993/10/19 20:21:34 $
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< $tempname .= "shlock$$";
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> $tempname .= "shlock.$$";
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< $tempname = "shlock$$";
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> $tempname = "shlock.$$";
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