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Idea for Debian: A library.



On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Christian Hudon wrote:

> These three functions should be replaced with functions that do
> dot-locking but behave the same way as flock (with respect to return codes
> and setting errno) So if someone knowledgeable about such matters could
> help me (or at least point me in the right direction) it'd be great! 

 Why don't we use a library for these common functions. Functions that
depend on the distribution current polcies. We would have a libdebian.so 
with a `lockmailbox' and `unlockmailbox'... And policy changes would be a
LOT easier...
 Just dreaming...

Nicolás Lichtmaier.-  | From Buenos Aires,
nick@feedback.com.ar  |      Argentina!


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