Re: tlug: Mail spool lock

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Jonathan Byrne--3Web wrote:

> The sledgehammer approach didn't work.  I uninstalled and reinstalled Jpine
> and I still can't lock the mail.  I must say, it's got me ripping my hair
> out big time :-(
> 
> I was going to wait until beta 2 to install 1.9 on this machine, but since I
> don't have to work tomorrow, maybe I'll dawdle into my office and lay down
> 1.9 beta 1.  I know Jpine works in that one on my home machine.
> 
> As ever, thanks in advance for any ideas on getting this lock problem
> straightened out.

ok, let's get to the bottom of this.  run:

strace jpine 2>/tmp/jpine.trace

get it to the point where it fails to open the lockfile or whatever, then
quit immediately and send me /tmp/jpine.trace and I'll see what file it's
looking at.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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