[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #698: invalid cross-device link (NFS?)

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#698: invalid cross-device link (NFS?)
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 Reporter:  srepmub        |             Owner:  olly
     Type:  defect         |            Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
Component:  Backend-Chert  |           Version:  1.2.12
 Severity:  normal         |        Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |        Blocked By:
 Blocking:                 |  Operating System:  Linux
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Changes (by olly):

 * version:   => 1.2.12


Comment:

 I guess they're aware Debian lenny have been out of support for nearly 4
 years now, since they said ''very old''.

 We could retry on `EXDEV` as a workaround - workarounds for bugs in such
 old kernels seem a bit crazy, but it isn't clear what kernel version this
 actually got fixed in, and the overhead of the workaround is tiny (just a
 few lines of code on an error handling path).  Looks like 2.6.32 is just
 about to finally reach its LTS end of life:

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel

 But since they're using that old an OS, I'd guess they're pretty
 conservative about changes so might be reluctant to install the latest
 Xapian 1.2.x once that change is in a release.  Their other option is to
 rebuild the Xapian package version they're using with just the patch for
 this in (it will probably apply to 1.2.12 without difficulty - I don't
 think there have been major changes in this area).

 Or just move to local storage, as it sounds like they're working on.

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