Bug#526195: perl: flock locking should be implemented in terms of fcntl

[Niko Tyni]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 09:10:36PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
> Package: perl
> Version: 5.10.0-19
> Severity: wishlist

> Apparently, it's possible to configure perl with -Ud_flock (I think
> that's the correct option) to make it emulate flock() with fcntl(2).
> If there are no compatibility reasons to switching to fcntl for more
> robust locking, it might be a nice improvement to use this option.

Just a note that this branched off into a short discussion on the
debian-perl list.

 http://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2009/04/msg00086.html
 http://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2009/05/msg00003.html

with the conclusion that we should try to push further Brendan's patch in

 http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/01/msg108539.html
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