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SubjectRe: [patch 2/4] Configure out file locking features
J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 03:52:37PM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>> Le Sat, 2 Aug 2008 12:38:48 -0400,
>> "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> a écrit :
>>
>>> Out of curiosity, why does the nfs client need disabling, but not
>>> nfsd, gfs2, fuse, etc.?
>> Then also need disabling.
>
> OK by me, but again, why exactly? Since you're replacing the locking
> calls they used by stubs that just return errors, in theory nfs, nfsd,
> gfs2, and the rest should still compile and run, just without locking
> support, right?

I think so, but haven't tested this myself.

However, I would still be inclined to NOT add the extra config
dependencies. Just my 2 cents.
-- Tim

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America
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