Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Jun 1997 17:46:41 -0400 | From | "Kristofer T. Karas" <> | Subject | 2.1.43 and file locking - Bug or feature? |
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I've been bitten a few times by an inability of various mail programs to interlock with sendmail/procmail while using 2.1.43. I'm guessing some change has been made to file locking, but am not sure if the "bug" is really a feature (i.e. programs that use file locking need to be recompiled, or some such).
For example, while using 2.0.30, I'll attempt to get new mail in emacs/RMAIL while a message is being delivered, and emacs will complain, correctly, "movemail: Device or resource busy for /var/spool/mail/ktk busy." Now, under 2.1.43, the movemail program does not complain; it reads the partially-written mail message (often just one character), appends it onto the end of the RMAIL file, and complains that the RMAIL folder cannot be parsed.
I'm using 2.1.43 in non-SMP mode, using Linus's default configuration except for kerneld, lance ethernet, no SCSI, no automounter.
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