Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 10:50:40 -0500 From: Rich Murphey <rich@lamprey.utmb.edu> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/rc and "rm -f /var/spool/lock/*" Message-ID: <199507031550.KAA02622@id.slip.bcm.tmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <199507030908.LAA03564@uriah.heep.sax.de> (message from J Wunsch on Mon, 3 Jul 1995 11:08:53 %2B0200 (MET DST))
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|From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> |Basically means that iijppp is broken in this respect. Clients are |encouraged to examine an existing lock file to see if it's a stale |lock (by trying to send a signal to the process). It's safe for them |to remove the lock file if the process holding the lock disappeared. | |Lock files suck. They should not be used at all, and the only client |that really needs them right now is mgetty. What if you wanted to run outgoing hylafax and outgoing 'ppp -auto' on the same port.
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