Avoid deadlock due to pthreads design. $OpenBSD: patch-beaker_synchronization_py,v 1.1.1.1 2010/01/10 12:59:22 fgsch Exp $ --- beaker/synchronization.py.orig Thu Jan 7 22:43:56 2010 +++ beaker/synchronization.py Thu Jan 7 22:50:23 2010 @@ -20,11 +20,14 @@ try: sys.getwindowsversion() has_flock = False except: - try: - import fcntl - has_flock = True - except ImportError: + if sys.platform.startswith('openbsd'): has_flock = False + else: + try: + import fcntl + has_flock = True + except ImportError: + has_flock = False from beaker import util from beaker.exceptions import LockError