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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/src/s/gnu-linux.h
From: |
Dave Love |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/src/s/gnu-linux.h |
Date: |
Tue, 20 May 2003 12:27:58 -0400 |
Index: emacs/src/s/gnu-linux.h
diff -c emacs/src/s/gnu-linux.h:1.87 emacs/src/s/gnu-linux.h:1.88
*** emacs/src/s/gnu-linux.h:1.87 Fri Jan 24 07:22:01 2003
--- emacs/src/s/gnu-linux.h Tue May 20 12:27:57 2003
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*** 130,137 ****
--- 130,147 ----
/* On GNU/Linux systems, both methods are used by various mail
programs. I assume that most people are using newer mailers that
have heard of flock. Change this if you need to. */
+ /* Debian contains a patch which says: ``On Debian/GNU/Linux systems,
+ configure gets the right answers, and that means *NOT* using flock.
+ Using flock is guaranteed to be the wrong thing. See Debian Policy
+ for details.'' and then uses `#ifdef DEBIAN'. Unfortunately the
+ Debian maintainer hasn't provided a clean fix for Emacs.
+ movemail.c will use `maillock' when MAILDIR, HAVE_LIBMAIL and
+ HAVE_MAILLOCK_H are defined, so the following appears to be the
+ correct logic. -- fx */
+ #if !(defined (HAVE_LIBMAIL) && defined (HAVE_MAILLOCK_H))
#define MAIL_USE_FLOCK
+ #endif
/* Define CLASH_DETECTION if you want lock files to be written
so that Emacs can tell instantly when you try to modify