NetBSD Problem Report #48861

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Date: Sun,  1 Jun 2014 18:13:21 +0000 (UTC)
From: msporleder@gmail.com
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Subject: make flock default like linux (-x)
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>Number:         48861
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       make flock default like linux (-x)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          closed
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jun 01 18:15:00 +0000 2014
>Closed-Date:    Tue Mar 29 02:43:20 +0000 2016
>Last-Modified:  Tue Mar 29 02:43:20 +0000 2016
>Originator:     matt sporleder
>Release:        6.1
>Organization:
netbsd
>Environment:
NetBSD
>Description:
linux flock, which we are attempting to emulate, uses -x as the default.

Our flock defaults (no flags) to an error saying you need to pass a flag.

Using this local patch I was able to use npm without any issues.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
--- flock.c-orig        2014-05-31 14:08:41.000000000 -0400
+++ flock.c     2014-05-31 14:07:12.000000000 -0400
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@
        argv += optind;

        if ((lock & ~LOCK_NB) == 0)
-               usage("Missing lock type flag");
+               /* usage("Missing lock type flag"); */
+               lock |= LOCK_EX;

        switch (argc) {
        case 0:

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: mspo@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 02:43:20 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Christos did this Aug, 2014


>Unformatted:

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