Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 15:26:12 -0800 (PST) From: bmk@dtr.com To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Cc: geoff@ginsu.com, bsd@ee.petra.ac.id, questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: elm problem :) Message-ID: <199511132326.PAA07428@dtr.com> In-Reply-To: <199511132209.XAA04336@keltia.freenix.fr> from "Ollivier Robert" at Nov 13, 95 11:09:19 pm
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> It seems that User GEOFF said: > > I found that if I compiled fcntl into elm it wouldn't work. I had > > /var/mail wide open and still couldn't get the locking working. I had to > > remove fcntl for it to work. > Have you tried the port in /usr/ports/mail/elm ? My Elm is not the same as > I try to follow M. Elkins patches (ME8b+ now :-)) but it should work. I wasn't able to get it working with fcntl locking, either. I compiled and installed it long before I knew of the existance of a port (one might have existed, I don't know). I've always had to use flock style locking - fcntl always seemed to cause the symptoms the original complaint described. Then again, I'm not exactly a UNIX programming guru - I know enough to be extremely dangerous. :) Take it with a (rather large) grain of salt.
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