Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Why are we using dotfile locking only? There are much better > > mechanisms (flock, etc.) that should be used instead. I can see no > > place where dotfile locking would work and flock-style locking would > > fail... > > I think flock can fail across NFS in certain situations, but I'm no > locking expert.
Hmm, but why would that cause a problem with mailers/programs that use lockfile locking *and* flock/fcntl locking at the same time? -- John Goerzen | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) Custom Programming | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .