The attached patch fixes my problem.

-----Original Message-----
From: bug-gnats-bounces+jims=broadcom.com@gnu.org
[mailto:bug-gnats-bounces+jims=broadcom.com@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Jim Searle
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 10:55 AM
To: bug-gnats@gnu.org
Cc: help-gnats@gnu.org
Subject: RE: gnatsd Too many open files error


I CC'ed hep-gnats since I've received no response from bug-gnats...
 
It seems that gnatsd never closes the PR.lock file, an strace of the REPL
command shows this:
open("/tools/gnats/4.0/etc/gnats/db-vlsibcmx/gnats-adm/gnats.lock",
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_EXCL, 0) = 5
open("/tools/gnats/4.0/etc/gnats/db-vlsibcmx/gnats-adm/index", O_RDONLY) = 6
close(6)                                = 0
open("/tools/gnats/4.0/etc/gnats/db-vlsibcmx/gnats-adm/locks/3515.lock",
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_EXCL, 0644) = 6
close(6)                                = 0
open("/tools/gnats/4.0/etc/gnats/db-vlsibcmx/test/3515", O_RDONLY) = 6
close(6)                                = 0
open("/tools/gnats/4.0/etc/gnats/db-vlsibcmx/test/3515", O_RDONLY) = 6
close(6)                                = 0
open("/tools/gnats/4.0/etc/gnats/db-vlsibcmx/test/3515", O_RDONLY) = 6
close(6)                                = 0
open("/tools/gnats/4.0/etc/gnats/db-vlsibcmx/test/3515",
O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 6
close(6)                                = 0
unlink("/tools/gnats/4.0/etc/gnats/db-vlsibcmx/test/3515.old") = 0
open("/tools/gnats/4.0/etc/gnats/db-vlsibcmx/gnats-adm/indI6fqXL",
O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600) = 6
close(6)                                = 0
unlink("/tools/gnats/4.0/etc/gnats/db-vlsibcmx/gnats-adm/locks/3515.lock") =
0
unlink("/tools/gnats/4.0/etc/gnats/db-vlsibcmx/gnats-adm/gnats.lock") = 0


-----Original Message-----
From: bug-gnats-bounces+jims=broadcom.com@gnu.org
[mailto:bug-gnats-bounces+jims=broadcom.com@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Jim Searle
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:23 PM
To: bug-gnats@gnu.org
Subject: gnatsd Too many open files error


If during a single gnatsd session I modify a field for a bunch of PR's, on
change number 252 I get this error:
 
640 Cannot create lock file
/tools/gnats/4.0/etc/gnats/db-vlsibcmx/gnats-adm/locks/1579.lock: Too many
open files
 
My simple command file is:
CHDB someDB someUser thePassword
REPL 1579 Priority
low
.

with the last 3 lines repeated 252 times.