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Subject: Re: [PATCH] libsemanage: remove lock files
From: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
To: Guido Trentalancia <guido@trentalancia.net>, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:08:54 -0400
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On Thu, 2017-04-20 at 17:56 +0200, Guido Trentalancia wrote:
> Hello and thanks for getting back.
> 
> If it doesn't have any side-effect (as it should), then I think it's
> preferable that the filesystem is kept clean.
> 
> It can be confusing too: because lock files are generally considered
> "active" when present in the filesystem.
> 
> Well, you've heard my opinion and you have the very simple patch now.
> Feel free to do whatever you and the authors like with it...

Hmm..see for example the "DON'T unlink" section of:
http://world.std.com/~swmcd/steven/tech/flock.html