From 274eec54e80cb90b8a09f524c8495efbaa46b45d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:01:51 +0000
Subject: If the lockfile ends before the process ID, treat it as stale and
 unlink it. Reported by Justin Pryzby, Debian Bug #376603.

svn path=/branches/BRANCH_6-3/; revision=4862
---
 NEWS | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

(limited to 'NEWS')

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 40561dfe..fc00b061 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ fetchmail 6.3.5 (not yet released):
   service lookup. Found by Uli Zappe.
 * When looking up ports for a service, only look up TCP ports.
 * Avoid compiling empty files, to avoid diagnostics from strict compilers.
+* If the lockfile ends before the process ID, treat it as stale and unlink it.
+  Reported by Justin Pryzby, Debian Bug #376603.
 
 # CHANGES:
 * Rename all fetchmail-internal lock_* functions to fm_lock_*. Obsoletes
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