Re: PR/48351 CVS commit: src/usr.bin/flock

[Dennis Ferguson <dennis.c.ferguson%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/48351; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Dennis Ferguson <dennis.c.ferguson%gmail.com@localhost>
To: Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost,
 gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: PR/48351 CVS commit: src/usr.bin/flock
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:32:32 -0400

 On 29 Oct, 2013, at 14:25 , Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost> 
wrote:
 > Nope, we need some kernel work I guess:
 > 
 > [2:24pm] 2544>flock -u 0
 > Exit 1
 > [2:24pm] 2545>flock -s 0
 > Exit 1
 
 Ah, maybe it's my fault for not providing a better example.  This
 seems to work:
 
 $ (                                                                          
 > ./flock -s 0; echo $?
 > ./flock -x 0; echo $?
 > ./flock -s 0; echo $?
 > ./flock -u 0; echo $?
 > ) < /tmp/a_file
 0
 0
 0
 0
 
 I think the thing being locked might need to be a regular file.
 
 Dennis Ferguson