From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 16 9: 1:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C61514E13 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:01:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.040 #1) id 11nlye-000LT8-00; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 19:01:08 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Scott Blachowicz Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question updating mail/nmh port In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:43:40 PST." <199911161643.IAA21840@sabmail.rresearch.com> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 19:01:08 +0200 Message-ID: <82529.942771668@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:43:40 PST, Scott Blachowicz wrote: > However, I just noticed (after doing a 'make configure') that the > config.h file I end up with is setup for DOT_LOCKING. Then, just to > try to see what "the system" uses, I checked the sendmail sources from > my FreeBSD-3.2 system - other OS's seem to define a HASFLOCK cpp var, > but not for the BSDs. We definitely have flock(2), so you should try to encourage nmh to use it if possible. This might cause problems for folks whose Mail folders are on NFS filesystems, so you might consider making it a Makefile knob like NMH_MTS and friends. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message