--- DBBasedAddrList.pm.orig	2007-08-17 21:19:56.000000000 -0500
+++ DBBasedAddrList.pm	2007-08-17 21:21:18.000000000 -0500
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@
       $self->{locked_file} = $path;
       $self->{is_locked}   = 1;
       ($mod1, $mod2) = ('R/W', O_RDWR | O_CREAT);
+      if ( -e '__db.' . $path) {
+	#remove db_file temp files as they will cause an loop
+        #this should be ok as we have already obtained an exclusive lock
+	unlink('__db.' . $path);
+      }
     }
     else {
       $self->{is_locked} = 0;