Bug#372151: dlocate: please rename atomically

2006-08-17 Thread era eriksson
On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 10:45:14 -0400, Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +unlink("$dbfile.old") if ( -e "$dbfile.old" ) ; > +link("$dbfile", "$dbfile.old") if ( -e $dbfile ) ; Erm, shouldn't you take care to leave .old if no new $dbfile exists? +if (-e $dbfile) { + unlink("$dbfile.old") i

Bug#372151: dlocate: please rename atomically

2006-06-08 Thread Justin Pryzby
Package: dlocate Version: 0.5-0.2 Tags: patch Included is a patch to make the rename work atomically. --- /usr/sbin/update-dlocatedb 2005-11-25 11:02:24.0 -0500 +++ /tmp/update-dlocatedb 2006-06-01 10:46:23.0 -0400 @@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ } close FRCODE ; -rename("$dbfile