--- cvs-head/lib/WAIT/Database.pm	2002/05/03 16:16:10	85
+++ cvs-head/lib/WAIT/Database.pm	2004/05/24 13:41:28	86
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
   $self->{file}      = "$dir/$name";
   $self->{uniqueatt} = $parm{uniqueatt};
   $self->{mode}      = O_CREAT;
-  my $lockmgr = LockFile::Simple->make(-autoclean => 1);
+  my $lockmgr = LockFile::Simple->make(-autoclean => 1, -stale => 1);
   # aquire a write lock
   $self->{write_lock} = $lockmgr->lock("$dir/$name/write")
     or die "Can't lock '$dir/$name/write'";
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 
   if ($self->{mode} & O_RDWR) {
     # Locking: We do not care about read access since write is atomic.
-    my $lockmgr = LockFile::Simple->make(-autoclean => 1);
+    my $lockmgr = LockFile::Simple->make(-autoclean => 1, -stale => 1);
     
     # aquire a write lock
     $self->{write_lock} = $lockmgr->lock("$dir/$name/write")
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@
     }
     WAIT::Table::Handle->new($self,$name);
   } else {
-    croak "No such table '$name'";
+    print STDERR "No such table '$name'\n";
+    return;
   }
 }