#138682 evolution: Can it be compiled without fcntl locking?

Package:
evolution
Source:
evolution
Description:
groupware suite with mail client and organizer
Submitter:
"Richard Parry"
Date:
2005-07-18 03:57:36 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#138682#5
Date:
2002-03-17 03:23:43 UTC
From:
To:
Hi there;

I recently moved my home store to a NFS share on another system.  After
this, Evolution started whining about "failed to get lock using fcntl(2)"
and so forth.

Changing the NFS mount with the nolock option "fixes" this behaviour, but
I'm not sure if that's the best solution.  Googled it, and found:

http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2001-May/008706.html

I've got no idea why it's failing to lock (perhaps as the message suggests,
there's something busted in the NFS server).  If so, then maybe this should
be redirected to nfs-server...

Thoughts?

Richard