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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
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Subject: Re: fcntl F_SETLK backward compatibility hack implemented
To: syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au (Stephen McKay)
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 95 16:19:46 MDT
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> >> Well, since nobody objected :-) I went and implemented my proposed fix to
> >> fcntl locking.
> >
> >Coolness, Parker.  8-) 8-).
> 
> Pardon?  I'm hip and groovy, but who's Parker? :-(

I see you don't get quite all of the US television down under.  Good,
it means I still want to visit Australia.  8-).

There's a TV series called "Parker Lewis Can't Lose"  which is sort
of a "Ferris Buehler's Day off made into a TV series.

Any time Parker comes up with an idea bound to get them into trouble,
one of his friends says "Coolness, Parker" to encourage him to go
ahead with it.

8-).

> >This would be a good step towards lockd support.
> 
> Well, stick my head out and have it run over by a bus!

I should have honked.  8-).

> Ok, if we add 'sysid' to struct flock it will change size and we'll need
> more backward compatibility stuff in fcntl().  Looks like we'll need
> flock_43 for the 1.1.5 version and flock_44 for the 2.0 version and a
> slightly more complicated backward compatibility patch.
> 
> So, should we strike while the iron is hot?

In for a penny, in for a pound... 8-).  I think you are the new file
system locking semantics and compatability guru (self elected).  8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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