bazaar locks...

[Jelmer Vernooij]

On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 12:41 -0400, Michael Andronov wrote:
> I'm periodically observing the following issue while pushing to remote server:
> "
> ...
> bzr: ERROR: Could not acquire lock "LockDir(sftp://michaela@....
> /.bzr/branch/lock)":
> Unable to obtain lock
> sftp://michaela@localhost.../.../.../.../.../.bzr/branch/lock
> held by michaela at Michael-Andronovs-Mac-mini.local on host
> Michael-Andronovs-Mac-mini.local [process #60568]
> locked 145 hours, 59 minutes ago
> Will continue to try until 11:47:33, unless you press Ctrl-C.
> See "bzr help break-lock" for more.
> ...
> "
> I'm wondering  -
> a. What is the most common problem, leading to that? Broken process?
A process that's pushing to the branch died without unlocking the branch
properly. Examples of how this can happen include sudden network
disconnects, client getting killed without having time to clean up
(segfault, power switch turned off, kill -9, etc).

> b. What would be  the most common algorithm for recovery? ( assuming
> that the 'pushes' are done automatically by computer).
run "bzr break-lock <url>".

Cheers,

Jelmer
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