On 14.05.2020 13:02, Ian Jackson wrote: > I've read this thread. Jan, I'm sorry that this causes you > inconvenience. I'm hoping it won't come down to a choice between > supporting people who want to ship a dom0 without perl, and people who > want a dom0 using more-than-a-decade-old coreutils.
Well, there are options, like producing the actual script from a locking.sh.in template, with a configure control over whether the Perl fallback is needed / wanted. > Jan, can you tell me what the output is of this on your ancient > system: > > $ rm -f t > $ >t > $ exec 3<t > $ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3 > regular empty file 393549 > $ rm t > $ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3 > regular empty file 393549 > $ strace -ou stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3 > $ > > Also, the contents of the file "u" afterwards, please. Will do early next week, as the system is in the office (and off). Jan
