Bug#43529: debian-policy: mail locking in Debian is _not_ NFS safe
On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 01:32:33PM +0200, Roland Rosenfeld wrote:
> There are some disadvantages with this proposal:
...
You're right: there are resource consumption costs. However, when
measured against lost or damaged mail issues, these are probably worth
incurring.
> > The bad side of this is that it requires some very specific
> > documentation, and it's an extra admin headache for people using
> > mail on NFS. The good aspects are: (1) only affects people stuck
> > with mail on NFS, and (2) people on those systems wouldn't lose mail
> > to NFS "features".
>
> It's a cleaner solution to simply fix the locking method. Miquel told
> me that he will implement a NFS safe way of locking in liblockfile
> (next week) and I proposed a policy change to make the problem clearer
> (#43651, don't ask me, why only Joey Hess seconds this now).
If he can properly deal with nfs systems which don't support fcntl
locking, that would be really nice. However, I don't see that 43651
addresses that case.
--
Raul
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