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authorNikolaus Schulz <microschulz@web.de>2009-03-03 04:33:09 +0100
committerNikolaus Schulz <microschulz@web.de>2010-07-19 01:13:25 +0200
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Switch mbox locking from flock(2) to posix lockf(2)
flock() locks aren't portable; lockf() locks are.
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@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ Gracefully close IMAP connection upon unexptected error (currently archivemail
just terminates).
LOCKING & Co:
-* switch to or add fcntl() locking; when combining with flock, be careful not to
- break on Solaris/FreeBSD, where flock() is just fcntl() so using both would
- block.
-* Ensure that we don't accidently lose fcntl locks when closing some file
- descriptor; this applies even for flock, since again, it might be emulated
- with fcntl
* Block signals while writing changed mailbox back. Also, we probably shouldn't
use shutil.copy2() for this; at least we have to handle symlinked targets in a
sane way, see Debian bug #349068. mbox_sync_mailbox() in the mutt code might