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Subject: Re: is flock broken in 2.4 or 2.5 kernels or what does this mean?
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com>
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On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 15:41, John Covici wrote:
> In the latest release notes of sendmail I have read the following:
> 
> 		NOTE: Linux appears to have broken flock() again.  Unless
> 			the bug is fixed before sendmail 8.13 is shipped,
> 			8.13 will change the default locking method to
> 			fcntl() for Linux kernel 2.4 and later.  You may
> 			want to do this in 8.12 by compiling with
> 			-DHASFLOCK=0.  Be sure to update other sendmail
> 			related programs to match locking techniques.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what this is all about -- is there any basis in
> reality for what they are saying?

First I've heard of it, so it would be useful if someone has access to
the sendmail problem report/test in question that shows it and I'll go
find out.

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