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From: <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>
Subject: sysvinit: Wishlist: change to savelog works on "lock"ed NFS partitions.
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Package: sysvinit
Version: 2.75-3

Hello,

By Changing:
			ln -f "$filename" "$newname.0"
			mv "$filename.new" "$filename"

To:
			mv "$filename" "$newname.0"
			mv "$filename.new" "$filename"

in /usr/bin/savelog:
- IMHO it is simpler;
- it works on NFS root systems where NFS file locking has been enabled.
  (previously, it would complain when attempting to overwrite $filename
  on the second line, as this file was still open by syslog).

Comments?

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0
Kernel Version: Linux snoopy 2.1.105 #2 Tue Jun 9 20:51:42 EST 1998 i486 unknown

Versions of the packages sysvinit depends on:
ii  dpkg            1.4.0.24       Package maintenance system for Debian Linux
ii  mount           2.7l-5         Tools for mounting and manipulating filesyst
ii  libc6           2.0.7r-5       The GNU C library version 2 (run-time files)