At 1150201174 past the epoch, edd wrote: > Hello, > A little error in > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-scripts ( > section "10.4 Scripts" ), the last but one line : > "Any scripts which create files in world-writeable directories (e.g., in > /tmp) must use a mechanism which will fail atomically if a file with the > same name already exists." > "atomically" should be a "automatically" ?
Actually I think "atomically" is correct here. Consider two instances of a program attempting to write to the same lockfile or tempfile and the possible interleavings that could happen if checks for the file were not atomic. -- Jon Dowland http://alcopop.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
