- File Locking Release Notes
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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+File Locking Release Notes
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Andy Walker <andy@lysaker.kvaerner.no>
1. What's New?
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1.1 Broken Flock Emulation
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1.2.1 Typical Problems - Sendmail
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Because sendmail was unable to use the old flock() emulation, many sendmail
installations use fcntl() instead of flock(). This is true of Slackware 3.0
for example. This gave rise to some other subtle problems if sendmail was
1.2.2 The Solution
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The solution I have chosen, after much experimentation and discussion,
is to make flock() and fcntl() locks oblivious to each other. Both can
exists, and neither will have any effect on the other.