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From: "Joseph D. Wagner" <theman@josephdwagner.info>
Subject: RE: Does mandatory locking need to be set when the file is locked?
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:50:18 -0600
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> Please, don't use mandatory locking.  It's racy (by design), buggy
> (by design) and adds code to the fast path.

What!?!  Are you saying mandatory locking doesn't always work?

Exactly what are the known bugs, and when do they happen?

My program DEPENDS upon mandatory locking, so I'd like a little more info before I abandon that route entirely.

Thanks for your time.

Joseph D. Wagner