Bug 112557

Summary: [patch] ppp(8) lock file should not use symlink name
Product: Base System Reporter: Ighighi <ighighi>
Component: binAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Open ---    
Severity: Affects Only Me Keywords: patch
Priority: Normal    
Version: 6.2-STABLE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description Ighighi 2007-05-10 00:40:03 UTC 
If ppp(8) is instructed to use /dev/modem (with "set device /dev/modem" in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf) and /dev/modem is a symbolic link to the real device, the lock file should reference the real device.  So a /var/lock/LCK..cuad0 (as in my system) should exist instead of /var/lock/LCK..modem).  Many other programs in the base and ports tree (i.e., comms/minicom that use uu_lock() (implemented in /usr/src/lib/libutil/uucplock.c) could be auto-magically patched if this function is patched instead).  A (trivial) patch to minicom similar to this one is available to anyone upon request.

Fix: Attached patch available.

Patch attached with submission follows:
Comment 1 Robert Watson freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2008-03-09 13:07:30 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-net

Over to maintainers.
Comment 2 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2017-12-31 08:00:09 UTC 
For bugs matching the following criteria:

Status: In Progress Changed: (is less than) 2014-06-01

Reset to default assignee and clear in-progress tags.

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Comment 3 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2022-10-17 12:38:41 UTC 
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