Ticket #258 (new defect)
Sysadmin doc should mention we fork to lock under Unix
| Reported by: | james | Owned by: | olly |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Other | Version: | |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Blocked By: | ||
| Operating System: | All | Blocking: |
Description
Sysadmins who pay attention to a Xapian install often are confused by either the forking behaviour or the presence of a child process during locking. Both should be explicitly mentioned in the documentation for sysadmins, to explain why it is a good thing.
We should perhaps also mention problems that could prevent the locking from working, such as resource limits and capability restrictions.
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