Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 11:51:18 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes Message-ID: <200008231751.LAA50873@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 Aug 2000 18:42:40 BST." <20000823184240.B13773@pavilion.net> References: <20000823184240.B13773@pavilion.net> <200008231651.KAA12190@nomad.yogotech.com> <200008231604.KAA11402@nomad.yogotech.com> <20000814003636.A74639@pavilion.net> <200008140753.AAA08038@netplex.com.au> <20000819124824.E88550@lucifer.bart.nl> <20000822161835.B807@dragon.nuxi.com> <20000823091714.D650@pavilion.net> <200008231648.KAA02382@billy-club.village.org> <200008231704.LAA02617@billy-club.village.org> <200008231707.LAA12343@nomad.yogotech.com>
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In message <20000823184240.B13773@pavilion.net> Josef Karthauser writes: : If we have "utime/user" we probably don't. Utime (by which I mean : any format with a resolution of a second) on it's own probably isn't : sufficient without a lock and a sub increment counter (although a byte : from /dev/urandom may work..... only joking! :) Actually, we'd need a locking file either way to prevent overlapping commits. However, this may cause a bottleneck in the future as more and more people commit to FreeBSD. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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