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Ian Jackson wrote:
merge 2531 3410
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Nathanael Nerode writes (Re: PATCH: Make install-info use fcntl (via perl's
flock) for locking):
unmerge 3410
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# 3410 is a different bug, requesting that the lockfile be
# cleaned up on
merge 2531 3410
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Nathanael Nerode writes (Re: PATCH: Make install-info use fcntl (via perl's
flock) for locking):
unmerge 3410
thanks
# 3410 is a different bug, requesting that the lockfile be
# cleaned up on process kill
The only correct fix to that is to use fcntl instead, so it
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unmerge 3410
thanks
# 3410 is a different bug, requesting that the lockfile be
# cleaned up on process kill
Ian Jackson wrote:
tags 2531 - patch
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Nathanael Nerode writes (PATCH: Make install-info use fcntl (via perl's
flock) for
tags 2531 - patch
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Nathanael Nerode writes (PATCH: Make install-info use fcntl (via perl's flock)
for locking):
This patch converts install-info to use perl's flock for locking.
...
As part of this change, it now operates directly on the dir file
Unfortunately, this is wrong. If you
Ian Jackson writes (Re: PATCH: Make install-info use fcntl (via perl's flock)
for locking):
So the process of locking and updating would be:
1. Attempt to open .lock for writing O_EXCL
a. If this succeeds, write perl-flock\n
b. If this fails,
i. open the file for reading;
tags 2531 +patch
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This patch converts install-info to use perl's flock for locking. I have been
told that this uses the system's fcntl in Debian's perl installation. (It is
written to tolerate any implementation of flock which perl may supply, however.)
As part of this change, it now
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