Raphael Hertzog wrote: > I have another idea to propose. Create "debian/files.new" with > O_CREAT|O_EXCL and if it fails with EEXIST, sleep for Xms and try again.
That sounds right to me fwiw. Fortunately dpkg-gencontrol opens $fileslistfile.new for writing before opening $fileslistfile for reading, meaning this would do just the right thing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org