aptly: too many open file handles

When adding a large number of deb’s in a row, aptly will begin throwing “too many open files” while API mode is running.

(aptly running in API mode with no-lock)

find /tmp/iso/pool -name “_._deb” -exec aptly repo add $2 {} ;

[+] php5-cli_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64 added Loading packages... [+] php5-common_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64 added Loading packages... [+] php5-curl_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64 added Loading packages... [+] php5-gd_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64 added Loading packages... [+] php5-gmp_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64 added Loading packages... [+] php5-ldap_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64 added Loading packages... [!] Unable to import file /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-mysql_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb into pool: open /repo/.aptly/pool/23/57/php5-mysql_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-mysql_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to import file /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-odbc_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb into pool: open /repo/.aptly/pool/50/0c/php5-odbc_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-odbc_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to import file /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-pgsql_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb into pool: open /repo/.aptly/pool/cb/8e/php5-pgsql_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-pgsql_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to import file /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-pspell_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb into pool: open /repo/.aptly/pool/5b/4d/php5-pspell_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-pspell_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to import file /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-readline_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb into pool: open /repo/.aptly/pool/ba/ec/php5-readline_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-readline_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to import file /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-recode_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb into pool: open /repo/.aptly/pool/76/eb/php5-recode_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-recode_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to import file /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-snmp_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb into pool: open /repo/.aptly/pool/19/05/php5-snmp_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-snmp_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to import file /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-sqlite_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb into pool: open /repo/.aptly/pool/8c/cc/php5-sqlite_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-sqlite_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to import file /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-tidy_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb into pool: open /repo/.aptly/pool/f8/55/php5-tidy_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-tidy_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to import file /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-xmlrpc_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb into pool: open /repo/.aptly/pool/ec/c7/php5-xmlrpc_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-xmlrpc_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to import file /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-xsl_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb into pool: open /repo/.aptly/pool/c5/74/php5-xsl_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php5-xsl_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to import file /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php-pear_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_all.deb into pool: open /repo/.aptly/pool/eb/2a/php-pear_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_all.deb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php5/php-pear_5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3_all.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to save package php5-json_1.3.2-2build1_amd64: open /repo/.aptly/db/018015.ldb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/php-json/php5-json_1.3.2-2build1_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to save package python-pil_2.3.0-1ubuntu3_amd64: open /repo/.aptly/db/018015.ldb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/pillow/python-pil_2.3.0-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to save package libpixman-1-0_0.30.2-2ubuntu1_amd64: open /repo/.aptly/db/018015.ldb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/pixman/libpixman-1-0_0.30.2-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages... [!] Unable to save package libpkcs11-helper1_1.11-1_amd64: open /repo/.aptly/db/018015.ldb: too many open files [!] Some files were skipped due to errors: /tmp/iso/pool/main/p/pkcs11-helper/libpkcs11-helper1_1.11-1_amd64.deb ERROR: some files failed to be added Loading packages...