[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Hmm, but why would that cause a problem with mailers/programs that use > lockfile locking *and* flock/fcntl locking at the same time?
Last time this discussion came up, Bruce found some info in the debian mail archive related to this. Can't find it now, though. If I remember correctly, the problem is that flock/fcntl locking on NFS mounted filesystems can cause complete lockup ( :-) ) of the process. cheers, Lukas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Lukas Nellen | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Depto. de Fisica Teorica, IFUNAM | Apdo. Postal 20-364 | Tel.: +52 5 622 5166 01000 Mexico D.F., MEXICO | Fax: +52 5 622 5015 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .