can't rename lockfile ...
Way back in June, Johann Spies (jhspies@futurenet.co.za) wrote:
I never had this problem with efax before:
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$ fax send 426191 jan.ps
jan.ps is postscript...
efax: Thu Jun 3 16:01:09 1999 efax v 0.8a (Debian release 08a-4) Copyright 1996 Ed Casas
efax: 01:09 Warning: local ID (0331-461310) has non-standard characters
efax: 01:09 removed stale lock /var/lock/LCK..ttyS1 from pid 1249
efax: 01:09 Error: can't rename lock file TMP..01274 to : No such file or directory
efax: 01:09 failed -> jan.ps.001
efax: 01:09 failed -> jan.ps.002
efax: 01:09 failed -> jan.ps.003
efax: 01:09 failed -> jan.ps.004
efax: 01:09 done, returning 2
There were errors (see 0603160109.log).
No one answered him. Today I encountered the same problem, and wrote
the author of efax, Ed Casas. He explained that this problem is
caused by a bug in version 0.8 of efax, which only strikes when run on
a libc6 system. Upgrading to efax 0.9 from potato (which luckily
doesn't depend on the newer libraries) fixed the problem instantly.
I hope Johann is still reading and finds this helpful.
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Carl Fink carlf@dm.net
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