Re: [leafnode-list] Cannot allocate memory?

[Matthias Andree <ma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

krasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Cornelius Krasel) writes:

> Matthias Andree wrote:
> > texpire is currently terminating right away if fetchnews is still active.
> > I'm not sure why it does that,
> 
> There is the possibility that a run of texpire will affect the groupinfo
> file which is already locked by fetchnews. That means that concurrent runs
> of fetchnews and texpire may result in a garbled groupinfo file and are
> therefore undesirable.

That was not what I meant to ask. I'm pointing at the differences, some
applications block while waiting for the lock file, others terminate
right away.

-- 
Matthias Andree

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."         Benjamin Franklin

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