Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: broken flock() in linux 1.3.95 | Date | Mon, 29 Apr 1996 19:12:19 -0500 (CDT) | From | (Mike Castle) |
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Amazingly enough Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl said: > Ignore the messages. > In 1.3.95 you would get screenfuls of them, making them somewhat hard to ignore. > 1.3.96 only gives 5 - still annoying, but there is an "#if 1" that you can change > into "#if 0" to get rid of these messages entirely. > > [Alternatively, if you don't know what to do with your time, you can upgrade > libc, and recompile and reinstall a dozen or so of your old a.out binaries, > mostly daemons.]
Now, I understand that the emulated flock() is "broken" in the old libc code. But, I don't remember yet seeing an explanation of what Bad Things(tm) will happen due to relying on this broken flock().
If people DO ignore the message, what can they expect to happen?
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