From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 21 13:07:48 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C0CA16A4CE; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:07:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.xbsd.org (xbsd.org [82.233.2.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEB2543D2D; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:07:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flz@xbsd.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE8651161B; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:08:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp.xbsd.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (srv1.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 77433-03; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:08:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost.localdomain (ALagny-109-1-7-90.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.48.90]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42BE01143C; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:08:34 +0100 (CET) From: Florent Thoumie To: Jilles Tjoelker In-Reply-To: <20050321125837.GC19773@stack.nl> References: <20050318172553.GG89714@freebsdmall.com> <20050321125837.GC19773@stack.nl> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-KT4axI1kH6bxq1YsGSKw" Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:07:36 +0100 Message-Id: <1111410456.698.17.camel@innercity> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.0 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at xbsd.org cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org cc: Murray Stokely cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntfsprogs under FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE not working? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:07:48 -0000 --=-KT4axI1kH6bxq1YsGSKw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le Lundi 21 mars 2005 =E0 13:58 +0100, Jilles Tjoelker a =E9crit : > On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 12:24:34PM +0100, Florent Thoumie wrote: > > Le Vendredi 18 mars 2005 =E0 09:25 -0800, Murray Stokely a =E9crit : > > > I'm having trouble using ntfsls from a recently built > > > sysutils/ntfsprogs port. Is anyone successfully using this port? Th= e > > > package is only 230k when built without GNOME VFS support, but it jus= t > > > doesn't seem to work. I'd like to put this tool onto FreeBSD DVDs > > > (and CDs if it fits). >=20 > > This simple patch makes ntfsls work fine, but I don't think > > removing locks is a good solution. >=20 > > I'm cc'ing hackers@ to get review from people used to fcntl(2) > > interface. >=20 > Yes, devfs does not support file locks. And according to POSIX, support > for file locks on non-regular files is not mandatory. It also > seems the support cannot easily be added because the annoying issue > of the size of a device. Also this will not help you to get it running > on currently existing versions of FreeBSD. >=20 > That said, the locking is useful in case people run two ntfs programs at > the same time. You could use separate lockfiles but afaik there is no > standard for lockfiles for block devices (there is for serial ports). Ok, I'll add the patch then, thanks for this information. --=20 Florent Thoumie flz@xbsd.org --=-KT4axI1kH6bxq1YsGSKw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCPscYMxEkbVFH3PQRAiaSAJwM/Ofem8XoKJqC/xPQVqtZ4qh/ewCdH8TR MzaUy6I7SqXxnge98+JRI7U= =dZBT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-KT4axI1kH6bxq1YsGSKw--