On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 09:51:58PM +0900, Emmet Hikory wrote: > Yes, this is contrived, etc. On the other hand, I suspect many > of us have managed to be both Alice and Bob in a scenario much like > that above when interrupted in the middle by some significant > distraction, or just a sufficient span of time.
Not contrived at all. Unix, unlike Windows, is multi-user and concurrent. You must always, always assume that any two actions you can imagine might overlap in time and deal with those concurrency issues. It actually requires people who know what P and V are. ;-) -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
