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authorPhilip Hazel <ph10@hermes.cam.ac.uk>2005-08-08 10:48:26 +0000
committerPhilip Hazel <ph10@hermes.cam.ac.uk>2005-08-08 10:48:26 +0000
commit31480e424d1ac61f5d3a86d7913e5bd78c7d4d9b (patch)
treee6746042407de3d8d9d68154df37d6782a5414cb /doc
parent21f7af35452920c8ce83a0f90c63b68595b9e6a6 (diff)
Add sqlite_lock_timeout.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/NewStuff10
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt3
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index 2be9f29b6..2f3153030 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.201 2005/08/08 10:32:58 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.202 2005/08/08 10:48:26 ph10 Exp $
Change log file for Exim from version 4.21
-------------------------------------------
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ PH/18 Reversed 4.52/PH/17 because the HP-UX user found it wasn't the cause
of the problem. Specifically, suggested +O2 rather than +O1 for the
HP-UX compiler.
+PH/19 Added sqlite_lock_timeout option (David Woodhouse's patch).
+
Exim version 4.52
-----------------
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index 2d653616d..0a23d2d1b 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.61 2005/08/02 15:19:20 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.62 2005/08/08 10:48:26 ph10 Exp $
New Features in Exim
--------------------
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ PH/01 Support for SQLite database lookups has been added. This is another
The only character affected by the ${quote_sqlite: operator is a single
quote, which it doubles.
+ The SQLite library handles multiple simultaneous accesses to the database
+ internally. Multiple readers are permitted, but only one process can
+ update at once. Attempts to access the database while it is being updated
+ are rejected after a timeout period, during which the SQLite library
+ waits for the lock to be released. In Exim, the default timeout is set
+ to 5 seconds, but it can be changed by means of the sqlite_lock_timeout
+ option.
+
Note that you must set LOOKUP_SQLITE=yes in Local/Makefile in order to
obtain SQLite support, and you will also need to add -lsqlite3 to the
EXTRALIBS setting. And of course, you have to install SQLite on your
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt b/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt
index 53b76d304..22b83e728 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt,v 1.9 2005/06/21 14:14:55 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt,v 1.10 2005/08/08 10:48:26 ph10 Exp $
LISTS OF EXIM OPTIONS
---------------------
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ socket string* unset lmtp
spamd_address string + main 4.50 with content scan
split_spool_directory boolean false main 1.70
spool_directory string ++ main
+sqlite_lock_timeout time 5s main 4.53
srv_fail_domains domain list unset dnslookup 4.43
strip_excess_angle_brackets boolean false main
strip_trailing_dot boolean false main