On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>>> Where is the dead symlink located? >>> >>>> In the same directory as the file being edited. >>> >>>>> If one user opens a file with mcedit for editing and another user >>>>> does the same with mcedit should he get a message about this fact? >>> >>>> Yes. >>> >>>>> The mc version is 4.5.51 wiht RedHat 7.2 >>> >>>> That version doesn't support locking. Locking support was >>>> added starting with MC 4.6.0. >>> >>> I've updated MC to 4.6.0 on the RedHat 7.2 system, but there is still > no >>> dead symlink and >>> no message editing a file already opened by somebody else. >>> I've tried the same with MC 4.6.1 on a gentoo system, but also no > symlink >>> and no message. >>> >>> Is there a special option to activate locking support, or is there >>> something else to do? > >> Well, maybe you are experiencing the problem described here: > >> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=13673#options > > No - it seems not to be the problem - I didn't start the editor from > commandline. > So I think there must be a kind of bug in the packages I've used (both > RedHat and Gentoo).
That's pretty strange. I'll look at this if I get some spare time. However is not a priority since the MC source tarball works ok. >> If this is the case you have to download the patch and apply it >> to your local source and rebuild. Or you can get the latest snapshot >> of MC and build it: > >> > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file/managers/mc/snapshots/mc-2006-09-25-14.tar.gz > > Now I have compiled mc-4.6.1 myself and it works fine with locking > support. > > One suggestion for the message sent in case of a locking situation: > Default answer is "Grab lock" - I think to have "Ignore lock" as default > would be the better choice. > But this is my personal opinion and I can change the code myself. There is a patch in the MC patches repository at savannah which improves the locking scheme a bit. I think it also does something with the dialog which is presented to the user when a lock is detected... I'll take a look at it again - it was delayed for quite some time now. _______________________________________________ Mc mailing list http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
