Bug #16033 for CGI-Session: CGI::Session::File problem

Tue Nov 22 09:19:37 2005 Guest - Ticket created

Subject:

CGI::Session::File problem

method:retrieve should "flock(FH, LOCK_SH)".

Tue Nov 22 11:51:36 2005 mark [...] summersault.com - Correspondence added

Date:	Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:50:08 -0500
From:	Mark Stosberg <mark [...] summersault.com>
To:	Guest via RT <bug-CGI-Session [...] rt.cpan.org>
Subject:	Re: [cpan #16033] CGI::Session::File problem
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On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 09:19:37AM -0500, Guest via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> > This message about CGI-Session was sent to you by guest <> via rt.cpan.org > > Full context and any attached attachments can be found at: > <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16033 > > > method:retrieve should "flock(FH, LOCK_SH)".

Thanks for the report. What fails without this change? Mark

Thu Nov 24 06:01:49 2005 Guest - Correspondence added

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makoto [...] cpan.org

[mark@summersault.com - Tue Nov 22 11:51:36 2005]: Show quoted text

> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 09:19:37AM -0500, Guest via RT wrote:

> > > > This message about CGI-Session was sent to you by guest <> via

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> > > > Full context and any attached attachments can be found at: > > <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16033 > > > > > method:retrieve should "flock(FH, LOCK_SH)".

> > Thanks for the report. > > What fails without this change? > > Mark

If LOCK_SH is not used, a file may be damaged by concurrent access. I am sorry to be poor at English... See the manual of FLOCK for details.

Sun Dec 04 04:46:00 2005 Guest - Correspondence added

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mleblanc [...] cpan.org

[guest - Thu Nov 24 06:01:49 2005]: Show quoted text

> [mark@summersault.com - Tue Nov 22 11:51:36 2005]: >

> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 09:19:37AM -0500, Guest via RT wrote:

> > > > > > This message about CGI-Session was sent to you by guest <> via

> > rt.cpan.org

> > > > > > Full context and any attached attachments can be found at: > > > <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16033 > > > > > > > method:retrieve should "flock(FH, LOCK_SH)".

> > > > Thanks for the report. > > > > What fails without this change? > > > > Mark

> > If LOCK_SH is not used, a file may be damaged by concurrent access. > > I am sorry to be poor at English... > See the manual of FLOCK for details.

Fix has been applied to svn and will be available in next release.

Fri Mar 03 19:12:52 2006 MARKSTOS [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'resolved'