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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: PATCH to make KMail check if the lock pid == getpid()
From:       markcox <markcox () iprimus ! com ! au>
Date:       2002-04-13 1:55:08
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What was the outcome of this?
I like the idea of your patch, but it has not been applied as far as i can 
tell!

On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:07, Neil Stevens wrote:
> Here's a patch to prevent KMail from complaining about a stale lock, when
> the lock contains KMail's current pid.
>
> Unlikely occurance?  Not at all.  Think of a single user box with kmail in
> the session.  KMail will get the same pid every time.  So, every time
> XFree decides to lock up the system or something else causes an unclean
> quit, kmail won't restart without a manual removal of the lock file.
>
> This patch seems to apply equally well to HEAD and the BRANCH.

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