Re: autoconf 2.57b: locking fails over NFS

[Paul Eggert]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:

> I admit that having a lock
> everywhere except on NFS is still a progress wrt 2.57.

Yes, that's what I was thinking.

> How about dropping flock() for a mkdir()-based lock?

Then we'd have to clean up afterwards, and deal with recovering
from system crashes, and so forth.

Sorry, I'm missing a bit of the big picture here.
Is it that important to have a working lock?
What programs are likely to be updating these files simultaneously?
Is it that common to have contention?