On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 06:13:39PM +0100, Arthur Korn wrote:
As long as we're editing those lines, I'd like to ask, do we really
mean "dead lock" (a lock which is still hanging around even though the
process which created it has died), or do we mean "deadlock" ("A
counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete
obstruction of action"). I would assume that the latter is intended,
and have produced a (hand-modified) patch below. If the former really
is what is meant, please feel free to use Arthur's patch instead.
cheers
--- policy.sgml.orig Thu Jan 18 18:09:53 2001
+++ policy.sgml Thu Jan 18 18:11:37 2001
@@ -3123,7 +3123,7 @@
<sect>
- <heading>Mail transport agents</heading>
+ <heading>Mail transport, delivery and user agents</heading>
<p>
Debian packages which process electronic mail, whether
@@ -3143,7 +3143,7 @@
All Debian MUAs, MTAs, MDAs and other mailbox accessing
programs (like IMAP daemons) must lock the mailbox in an
NFS-safe way. This means that <tt>fcntl()</tt> locking must
- to be combined with dot locking. To avoid dead locks, a
+ be combined with dot locking. To avoid deadlocks, a
program should use <tt>fcntl()</tt> first and dot locking
after this or alternatively implement the two locking
methods in a non blocking way<footnote>
--
Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra- osis is too long
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico- to fit into a single
or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku
