No. The size of the cookie is basically an implementation feature. With
4 byte cookies we've covered quite a number of client/server OS
combinations. Along comes IRIX with 8 bytes. So what? I don't expect a lot
more surpises in that area.
The NLM protocol is difficult enough in itself, and hard enough to make
compatible with both the OpenGroup doc and Sun's ``golden standard''
implementation at the same time. I don't see why any sane engineer should
take the pains of using XXL cookies.
> I would love to be able to fix this problem, but I'm not confident
> in my abilities to make this change. (Also, I don't have access to a
> machine which I can reboot very often, nor one that I can make unstable
> through mistakes.)
Well, you did the other patch. Doing this one should be merely a job
of grep and a little care:-)
Olaf
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