GHC Trac says database is locked

[Ian Lynagh]

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 04:05:01PM +0100, Sean Leather wrote:
> >    I tried to submit a comment on #2530 and got this error.
> >>
> >> Well, it works now, 1.5 hours later.
> >>
> >
> > I think that happens when you clash with someone else doing something on
> > the Trac.  Usually I just retry and it works.
> >
> 
> Thanks for the info. I retried probably 5 times within the space of 10
> minutes. I suppose somebody could've been doing a large database
> operation...

I think what the error means is "Couldn't get a lock within 2 seconds"
or something, which tends to mean that the machine is heavily loaded,
e.g. backups were running.


Thanks
Ian