Re: Lock file error

Patrick Giasson <[email protected]> writes:

> It was working properly for as long as I can remember, but lately, I'm 
> getting the error:
> Fatal error: Warning: the archives are locked.
>
> There is a lk file in the server .unison directory. If I delete it, it get 
> recreated the next time I run unison.

And what is in the client's .unison?

> I'm positive that I'm not syncing a local folder to the same folder over 
> ssh because if I use the -ignorelocks switch on the command line, it works 
> properly.

I don't see how this follows, but a useful datapoint.

> I'm running Unison 2.51.5 (ocaml 4.13.1) on both the clients and the 
> server. I'm reluctant to install a later version as it could break my 
> packages on my LTS server.

I don't see how an up-to-date unison would break other things.  But you
are on the mailinglist, where it's ok to ask about old code, as long as
you tell us about it...

> I also have the ignore = Name .* in the config file to prevent syncing the 
> .unison folder.

This points out that you left out most of what you are doing.

Did you try ignoring .unison explicitly?

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