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[Python-Dev] Re: test_fcntl on Solaris 8

[Python-Dev] Re: test_fcntl on Solaris 8 [Python-Dev] Re: test_fcntl on Solaris 8Guido van Rossum guido@digicool.com
Sat, 14 Apr 2001 23:40:40 -0500
> On my Solaris 8 box test_fcntl succeeds just fine (just tried it again),
> with no hangs or hesitations - on the other hand, it's not using any NFS
> filesystems, so that could be the problem with the SF box. So declare
> the box broken... 

Thanks!

> I'd be inclined to update the test anyway, since most people who want to
> lock files will use the supplied flock()/lockf() rather than doing it
> the hard way - so if the fcntl test locks files, it should use the
> generic locking functions.

I agree, but I'd rather do that after 2.1.  Who knows what problem I
might introduce in the test (I really don't know these calls very
well).

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)



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