Bug#526195: perl: flock locking should be implemented in terms of fcntl

2010-11-07 Thread Niko Tyni
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 09:10:36PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > Package: perl > Version: 5.10.0-19 > Severity: wishlist > Apparently, it's possible to configure perl with -Ud_flock (I think > that's the correct option) to make it emulate flock() with fcntl(2). > If there are no compatibility reason

Bug#526195: perl: flock locking should be implemented in terms of fcntl

2009-04-29 Thread Roger Leigh
Package: perl Version: 5.10.0-19 Severity: wishlist Perl provides a built-in function flock() to lock files. This, by default, uses the flock(2) system call to do the locking, but can optionally be configured to use the fcntl(2) system call to do the locking. flock(2) and fcntl(2) locks are diffe