Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] putting old-style lock handling back into 2.2.10 | Date | 5 Jul 1999 23:27:29 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.19990706070757.B3797@pcep-jamie.cern.ch>, Jamie Lokier <lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk> wrote: >david parsons wrote: >> No. It's better for the kernel to try to keep the published >> interfaces working, so that you don't have to replace user code >> when you upgrade kernels. > >You'd rather have gdbm silently corrupt your databases due to bad >locking? (If that's the case).
Look at the kernel source.
``Broken'', in this case, means ``old''.
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