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diff --git a/doc/bugs/ikiwiki_cgi_fails_to_build_on_Solaris_due_to_missing_LOCK__95__EX.mdwn b/doc/bugs/ikiwiki_cgi_fails_to_build_on_Solaris_due_to_missing_LOCK__95__EX.mdwn index 2913bfb53..aca1ef106 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/ikiwiki_cgi_fails_to_build_on_Solaris_due_to_missing_LOCK__95__EX.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/ikiwiki_cgi_fails_to_build_on_Solaris_due_to_missing_LOCK__95__EX.mdwn @@ -28,4 +28,16 @@ to read if (lockfd != -1 && lockf(lockfd, F_LOCK,0) == 0) { -in IkiWiki/Wrapper.pm lets it compile, according to http://man-wiki.net/index.php/3:lockf "On Linux, this call is just an interface for fcntl(2)" does this seem like a sensible fix? +in IkiWiki/Wrapper.pm lets it compile, according to +http://man-wiki.net/index.php/3:lockf "On Linux, this call is just an +interface for fcntl(2)" does this seem like a sensible fix?a + +> Don't see why not. flock was used only because it's being used +> in the same file for testing some other locks. +> +> While lockf's fcntl locks are not inherited across a fork, +> that doesn't matter for this lock, which is only used to +> prevent more than one ikiwiki perl process being run at a time. +> Nor is there any need to be compatible with some other user of this +> lock; it's only checked in one place. [[applied|done]] +> --[[Joey]] |