Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:07:36 +0100 From: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> To: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntfsprogs under FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE not working? Message-ID: <1111410456.698.17.camel@innercity> In-Reply-To: <20050321125837.GC19773@stack.nl> References: <20050318172553.GG89714@freebsdmall.com> <20050321125837.GC19773@stack.nl>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Le Lundi 21 mars 2005 à 13:58 +0100, Jilles Tjoelker a écrit : > On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 12:24:34PM +0100, Florent Thoumie wrote: > > Le Vendredi 18 mars 2005 à 09:25 -0800, Murray Stokely a écrit : > > > I'm having trouble using ntfsls from a recently built > > > sysutils/ntfsprogs port. Is anyone successfully using this port? The > > > package is only 230k when built without GNOME VFS support, but it just > > > doesn't seem to work. I'd like to put this tool onto FreeBSD DVDs > > > (and CDs if it fits). > > > This simple patch makes ntfsls work fine, but I don't think > > removing locks is a good solution. > > > I'm cc'ing hackers@ to get review from people used to fcntl(2) > > interface. > > Yes, devfs does not support file locks. And according to POSIX, support > for file locks on non-regular files is not mandatory. It also > seems the support cannot easily be added because the annoying issue > of the size of a device. Also this will not help you to get it running > on currently existing versions of FreeBSD. > > That said, the locking is useful in case people run two ntfs programs at > the same time. You could use separate lockfiles but afaik there is no > standard for lockfiles for block devices (there is for serial ports). Ok, I'll add the patch then, thanks for this information. -- Florent Thoumie flz@xbsd.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCPscYMxEkbVFH3PQRAiaSAJwM/Ofem8XoKJqC/xPQVqtZ4qh/ewCdH8TR MzaUy6I7SqXxnge98+JRI7U= =dZBT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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