[ale] pre2.0.7 problems

[Steven A. DuChene]

> 
> On Mon, 27 May 1996, Unix Guru Dude wrote:
> 
> > }> I also get some wierd messages about flock() as follows:
> > }>
> > }> fcntl_setlk() called by process 47 (lpd) with broken flock() emulation
> > }> fcntl_setlk() called by process 49 (lpd) with broken flock() emulation
> > }> fcntl_setlk() called by process 50 (lpd) with broken flock() emulation
> > }
> > }I get these too.  Somewhere I read that the old libc's don't have a working
> > }flock(), but I upgraded the libc stuff and that didn't seem to fix it.  I'm
> > }trying to track down exactly WHERE the detailed information is, but not
> > }having a whole lot of luck yet :I  If I find it, I'll toss the info out
> > }here.
> >
> > Yeah, I read that was supposed to fix it too, and it didn't.  If I figure it
> > out, I'll do the same...
> >
> 
> If you upgraded libc and it didn't get rid of the flock() messages, then
> you still have some old statically linked binaries on your system.  Find
> out which commands are giving the error, and upgrade them as well.
> 
> later,
> chris
> 
> btw, the detailed information is available in linux/Documentation/Changes.
> 
	What is much more likely is that while Geoff upgraded his ELF stuff
	to libc-5.X he didn't upgrade his a.out libc to the fixed 4.7.6 version.
	This is needed to get rid of the last of the broken flock messages.
	I got my copy from gatech's sunsite mirror.

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