[TYPO3-english] Locks? What is the concept? and why are they hurting my site?

[Morten Kjems]

Thanks for all the help Dmitry.

Unfortunately semaphores are not supported :-(



"Dmitry Dulepov" <dmitry.dulepov at typo3.org> skrev i en meddelelse 
news:mailman.1.1292853962.23183.typo3-english at lists.typo3.org...
> Hi!
>
> Morten Kjems wrote:
>> If it is any of those it must be: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=16749
>>
>> My problem is that the lockfiles don't get deleted not that Typo3 tries 
>> to
>> delete non existing lockfiles.
>
> 1. Check if your host supports semaphores (see below how)
> 2. If yes, set locks to use semaphores.
>
> How to test. Copy the code line below to the file with php extension to 
> the server and call it in the browser:
>
> <?php echo function_exists('sem_get') ? 'yes' : 'no' ?>
>
> The script will say "yes" if semaphores are supported. Semaphores are more 
> reliable and faster than files.
>
> -- 
> Dmitry Dulepov
> TYPO3 core&security team member
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/dmitryd
> Read more @ http://dmitry-dulepov.com/