>>>>> "John" == John Henders <jhenders@???> writes:
John> I tried to compile .43 this weekend and ran into a the file locking
John> problems Neal was having previously, but now there's a new twist.
John> flock() under linux was formerly being done with emulation using
John> fcntl(). This has now been changed, and, just to add some excitement,
John> it's been decided that mixed locks will henceforth be a no no. I've
John> appended the explanation from the kernel documentation directory below.
John> This poses a bit of a problem with exim, because from what I can tell,
John> the recommended standard we are being advised to use with Linux is
John> flock(), and exim uses fcntl. This means either we (linux exim users)
John> will need to change libgdbm to fcntl and make sure all programs we use
John> use fcntl, or exim will have to have optional flock() locking on Linux.
It is unfortunate that someone is pushing flock on linux. I have
already discussed preferring fcntl with the maintainers of libgdbm. I
have also discussed this with the Debian maintainers who tell me that
Debian is *already using fcntl for libgdbm*. I guess right now we'll
have to leave the option open.
