From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 5 3:10:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from gw-nl3.philips.com (gw-nl3.philips.com [192.68.44.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBF3715274 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 03:10:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Jos.Backus@nl.origin-it.com) Received: from smtprelay-nl1.philips.com (localhost.philips.com [127.0.0.1]) by gw-nl3.philips.com with ESMTP id MAA24568 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:09:52 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from Jos.Backus@nl.origin-it.com) Received: from smtprelay-eur1.philips.com(130.139.36.3) by gw-nl3.philips.com via mwrap (4.0a) id xma024412; Fri, 5 Nov 99 12:09:56 +0100 Received: from hal.mpn.cp.philips.com (hal.mpn.cp.philips.com [130.139.64.195]) by smtprelay-nl1.philips.com (8.9.3/8.8.5-1.2.2m-19990317) with SMTP id MAA00995 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:09:34 +0100 (MET) Received: (qmail 8864 invoked by uid 666); 5 Nov 1999 11:09:18 -0000 Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:09:18 +0100 From: Jos Backus To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: Jos Backus , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftpd feature: lock file being stored Message-ID: <19991105120918.C2328@hal.mpn.cp.philips.com> Reply-To: Jos Backus References: <19991105113929.B2328@hal.mpn.cp.philips.com> <7628.941799522@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <7628.941799522@axl.noc.iafrica.com>; from sheldonh@uunet.co.za on Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 12:58:42PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 12:58:42PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > Then it's your _script_ that should do careful locking to avoid tripping > up over itself, surely? :-) Yeah, in fact it does, it uses lockf ;-p > Let me take a step back. I'm not saying that what you're doing to ftpd > is wrong. I'm saying that it's probably not worthwhile adding this > feature to the stock ftpd when it's such a quirky work-around. Hm, I wouldn't call it quirky. It would be nice to hear what others think though. I've already received one positive private reply. > I have several local hacks to ftpd which I think are very useful, but I > don't think they should be added to FreeBSD's ftpd because they're not > general solutions to wide-spread problems. I'm in the anti-bloat camp, and I agree with this sentiment. Cheers, -- Jos Backus _/ _/_/_/ "Reliability means never _/ _/ _/ having to say you're sorry." _/ _/_/_/ -- D. J. Bernstein _/ _/ _/ _/ Jos.Backus@nl.origin-it.com _/_/ _/_/_/ use Std::Disclaimer; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message