On Aug 21, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Tom Eastep wrote: > > On Aug 21, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Tom Eastep wrote: >> >> /usr/bin/lockfile does not store the locker's PID in the file; as far as I >> can tell, the file always contains '0' (with no newline). Using that program >> is the preferred way to create a lock file, since doing it in the shell is >> race-prone. But I'll see what I can do for 4.4.23. > > > Ed, > > I've added stale lock file detection/removal in the 4.4.23 branch. >
I've also discovered that the way that I'm invoking lockfile is rather braindead. I've also corrected that in the 4.4.23 branch and, if I create another 4.4.22 point release, I'll include it there as well. -Tom Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
