Re: [HEADS UP] movemail locking overhaul ahead
>>>> "Michael" == Michael Sperber
<sperber(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
>>>> "Jan" == Jan Vroonhof
<vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch> writes:
Jan>
sperber(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Sperber
Jan> [Mr. Preprocessor]) writes:
Jan> I propose that it should (by default) always use dotlocking
Jan> (even together with any other method).
>>
>> I don't believe that's a good idea: Locking would no longer be
>> atomic, and you can get deadlocks that way.
Jan> Not if everybody acquires the locks in the same order. Which
Jan> is indeed the case.
Michael> What's the order? And why is this the case? Is there a
Michael> standard or agreement on this?
Debian has a standard/policy on mail locking. Please see:
<URL:http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch5.html#s5.6>
Perhaps `liblockfile' would be usefull for `movemail' as well?