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Subject: Re: Patch for 1.94 to avoid starvation when looping for lock
From: Hugh Messenger <hugh @ garply . com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 15:38:53 -0500 (CDT)
To: Dave Wolfe <david_wolfe @ risc . sps . mot . com>
Cc: John Gilmore <gnu @ toad . com>, "Majordomo developer's mailing list" <majordomo-workers @ GreatCircle . COM>
In-reply-to: <199609261500.KAA20339@miaow.sps.mot.com>



On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Dave Wolfe wrote:

> Brent recently commented on that to reiterate how that isn't as portable
> as lock files. So before someone tries to slip this into 1.94, let's

Which reminds me.  I have 1.93 going on NT, but of course ntperl doesn't
have link/unlink yet.

Anyone on the inside track with HIP know when ntperl might get those
functions?

Any bright ideas for how to work around it?  I've done the usual file
copying hack that should work most of the time ... maybe ... with a
following wind ...

   -- hugh




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