I can reproduce this bug 100% reliably here. Locking is not an issue (ext4 filesystem), neither race conditions, as I am the only user.
I did the following: $ dwww-cache --list-all man /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz b/0 n man /usr/share/man/man1/curl.1.gz c/0 n man /usr/share/man/man1/docker-commit.1.gz d/4 n man /usr/share/man/man1/docker-create.1.gz d/1 n man /usr/share/man/man1/docker-diff.1.gz d/5 n man /usr/share/man/man1/docker-restart.1.gz d/6 n man /usr/share/man/man1/docker-rm.1.gz d/2 n man /usr/share/man/man1/docker-run.1.gz d/7 n man /usr/share/man/man1/docker-start.1.gz d/8 n man /usr/share/man/man1/docker-stop.1.gz d/9 n man /usr/share/man/man1/docker.1.gz d/3 n man /usr/share/man/man1/qpdf.1.gz q/0 n man /usr/share/man/man1/quilt.1.gz q/1 n man /usr/share/man/man1/ssh-copy-id.1.gz s/0 n man /usr/share/man/man1/ssh.1.gz s/0 n man /usr/share/man/man5/Dockerfile.5.gz D/0 n man /usr/share/man/man5/interfaces.5.gz i/2 n man /usr/share/man/man8/dnsmasq.8.gz d/0 n man /usr/share/man/man8/ip-address.8.gz i/4 n man /usr/share/man/man8/ip-link.8.gz i/3 n runman /usr/share/man/man8/ip-route.8.gz i/1 n man /usr/share/man/man8/ip.8.gz i/0 n Note ssh and ssh-copy-id both pointing to s/0, so the cache is corrupt, but read on: I did as root rm /var/cache/dwww/db/s/0 dwww-cache --clean Then as expected: $ dwww-cache --lookup man /usr/share/man/man1/ssh.1.gz >/dev/null; echo $? 1 $ dwww-cache --lookup man /usr/share/man/man1/ssh-copy-id.1.gz >/dev/null; echo $? 1 Then I pressed reload in my browser in the page for ssh. The real man page for ssh appeared, and there was a new /var/cache/dwww/db/s/0 file. However then (without any more changes) $ dwww-cache --lookup man /usr/share/man/man1/ssh.1.gz >/dev/null; echo $? 0 $ dwww-cache --lookup man /usr/share/man/man1/ssh-copy-id.1.gz >/dev/null; echo $? 0 And the strange thing is, that dwww-cache --clean did not change the file's modification time. Could the bug be that the --clean does not correctly purge all the entries from the cache? -- Nils Rennebarth Software developer bintec elmeg security GmbH Neue Brücke 3 D-70173 Stuttgart Germany Tel: +49-711-900300-64 Email: nils.renneba...@bintec-elmeg.com www: www.bintec-elmeg.com Location: Nuremberg, Local Court Nuremberg, HRB 25481 Managing Director: Bernd Büttner -------------------------------- The information contained in this e-mail has been carefully researched, but the possibility of it being inapplicable in individual cases cannot be ruled out. We therefore regret that we cannot accept responsibility or liability of any kind whatsoever for the correctness of the information given. Please notify us if you discover that information is inapplicable.
