Re: 2.0.31-pre7 mandatory lock showstopper; precompiled binary failure.
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 28 Aug 1997 09:38:20 +0100 (BST)
> mid-message, with ensuing mail lossage. (Usually, the truncation
> occurs just after the letter "F" in the "From user@foo" header.)
> Kernel config for 2.0.30 is the same as for 2.0.31-pre7, save for
> mandatory lock support (off [default] in 2.0.30, not configurable in
> 2.0.31). This is a showstopper at my site, where people make heavy
> use of pop mail and precompiled netscape/emacs/pine/elm binaries.
It's just bitten the Linux-ARM people quite badly too - they use libc4
based systems as ARM ELF stuff is still just appearing and the new
locking in 2.0.31pre* hasnt got the backward compatibility stuff in it
Alan