Sendmail locking patch not activated?

[Julian Field]

Yes, it caused immediate trouble. Many versions of sendmail which only
support flock() don't say HASFLOCK when passed -d0.10. I had to withdraw it
very quickly.

At 13:48 16/06/2004, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>is there a reason that the sendmail lock detection patch is not
>active?
>
>Sendmail.pm:
>
>   # Patch by Kevin Spicer to detect HASFLOCK
>   $this->{LockType} = "flock";
>   # Automatically detect locking type
>   #my $cmd = MailScanner::Config::Value('sendmail') . " -bt -d0.10 <
> /dev/null";
>   #if ( grep /HASFLOCK/, `$cmd` ) {
>   #  $this->{LockType} = "flock";
>   #} else {
>   #  $this->{LockType} = "posix";
>   #}
>   # End patch

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