Robert Edmonds wrote at Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:59:23 -0400: > Package: moreutils > Version: 0.22 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, Joey: > > I currently have a single binary package called 'lckdo' -- I didn't > realize the upstream author (mjt) was a Debian developer when I packaged > it, however. > > What do you think about including it in moreutils? > > Here's the current package description: > > Description: execute a program with a lock set > lckdo is a utility for controlling the invocation of another program > based on a lock file. It supports both shared (read) and exclusive > (write) locks and can wait for a configurable amount of time for the > lock to become free. lckdo is commonly used to make automated rsync > mirroring more robust. > > I've found it very handy for doing simple locking in shell scripts.
Robert, First of all, please excuse me for the loooooong delay with the answer. I was (and still is) at vacation and was busy with family stuff. But it's better later than never, isn't it? :) Speaking of your question(s). No, I'm not really a Debian Developer (yet, still, ...). My packages in Debian are sponsored by other people. Concering lckdo - it's a very tiny utility. Yes it's handy sometimes, and I was VERY surprized when I tried to find something similar but found nothing (newslock, lockexec or something like those - used in shell scripts to do locking - works a bit differently, and mostly too complex and too unreliable). I don't think it deserves its own package due to it's "size". I wish to see something like lckdo as a standard utility somewhere, maybe like in coreutils -- but moreutils looks ok too. So if you want(ed) to package it together with the rest of small assorted utilities, I'm ok with that. And thank you for your interest, support and asking me first!.. /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
