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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2015-09-09 12:22:43 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2015-09-09 12:22:43 -0400
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 2"""
+ date="2015-09-09T16:19:06Z"
+ content="""
+This is a POSIX fcntl lock failing on that filesystem.
+
+git-annex really needs these locks for safe concurrency, including guarding
+against situations where data could be lost.
+
+I wonder if flock locks would be more portable?
+"""]]