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From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: uucico/cu/tip tty locking
Date: 1 Feb 1995 01:04:29 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In article <WCP.95Jan31171003@lpds.lpds.com>,
Walter C. Pelissero <wcp@lpds.sublink.org> wrote:
>While configuring flexfax on a brand new FreeBSD 2.0 box, I found that
>the uucp package (Taylor 1.0.5) that comes with the os is configured
>with SysV style locks, while tip uses BSD style.
>
>Before I start recompiling uucico with BSD locks, does anyone know
>which one should be the standard style for uucp lock files under
>FreeBSD 2.0?

Actually, I think the general concensus is to throw the tip that comes
with FreeBSD away and use what's in  /usr/src/gnu/libexec/uucp/cu :-)

				Jordan