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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: elm Date: 22 May 1996 01:48:54 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4nto9m$109@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4mvilq$6ln@adcmail.adc.com> <4n271v$25q@golden.pvrr.ru> <4nktma$ad@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) wrote: : > : NB: the most common configuration error happens regarding the mailbox : > : file locking. Select either fcntl _OR_ flock, but _DON'T_ select : > : dot-style locking. : > : > Why not ? Doesn't popper use that ? : I haven't looked into popper. If it's not configurable, i would : consider it broken if it insists on dot-file locking. Me neither - I'm just running the "packages" version - that's how that was built. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....