Re: [Exim] [patch] flock() support for appendfile

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Auteur: Philip Hazel
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À: Mark Rigby-Jones
CC: exim-users
Sujet: Re: [Exim] [patch] flock() support for appendfile
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Mark Rigby-Jones wrote:

> Given the differeing standards of flock/fcntl interoperability, it might
> make sense for there to be a compile time option anyway - you don't really
> want it enabled on systems where flock() is a wrapper around fcntl() etc.
> I'm also unsure whether it really makes sense to have a separate timeout
> for flock locks or just to use lock_fcntl_timeout.


Indeed. Input to my thought (when I get to this).

> In any case, presumably I need to port the functionality into exim_lock for
> a final patch.


Yes, again.

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