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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:20:02 -0400
From: William Josephson <jkw@eecs.harvard.edu>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] plan9port: flock on sunos5.8?
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On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 09:03:08AM +0000, Bengt Kleberg wrote:
> my plan9port is plan9-20040517.tar.gz and does not have flock() in 
> plan9/src/lib9/create.c
> perhaps the benefits of adding flock() are not worth the problems it 
> creates? then flock() could be removed.

It is needed for OLOCK emulation (we have something that
uses the Plan 9 ports stuff and requires a lockfile for
correct operation).