[Buildbot-devel] Problem with dnotify.py on AMD64

[Brian Warner]

> Instead, how about a simpler change to maildir.py?
> [bradh at marginata buildbot--dev--0--patch-317]$ tla file-diff 
> buildbot/changes/maildir.py
> --- orig/buildbot/changes/maildir.py
> +++ mod/buildbot/changes/maildir.py
> @@ -52,8 +52,9 @@
>              try:
>                  self.dnotify = DNotify(self.newdir, self.dnotify_callback,
>                                         [DNotify.DN_CREATE])
> -            except IOError:
> -                # probably linux<2.4.19, which doesn't support dnotify
> +            except (IOError, OverflowError):
> +                # IOError is probably linux<2.4.19, which doesn't support 
> dnotify
> +                # Overflow error will occur on some 64-bit machines because 
> of a python bug
>                  print "DNotify failed, falling back to polling"
>                  have_dnotify = 0

Works for me. I'll apply this.

thanks,
 -Brian