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diff --git a/lock.c b/lock.c
index c0290393..2d656df6 100644
--- a/lock.c
+++ b/lock.c
@@ -1,30 +1,24 @@
-/*
- * lock.c -- cross-platform concurrency locking for fetchmail
+/**
+ * \file lock.c cross-platform concurrency locking for fetchmail
  *
  * For license terms, see the file COPYING in this directory.
  */
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
 #include <string.h> /* strcat() */
-#endif
-#if defined(STDC_HEADERS)
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#endif
-#if defined(HAVE_UNISTD_H)
 #include <unistd.h>
-#endif
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 
 #include "fetchmail.h"
-#include "i18n.h"
+#include "gettext.h"
 #include "lock.h"
 
-static char *lockfile;		/* name of lockfile */
-static int lock_acquired;	/* have we acquired a lock */
+static char *lockfile;		/** name of lockfile */
+static int lock_acquired;	/** flag if have we acquired a lock */
 
 void fm_lock_setup(struct runctl *ctl)
 /* set up the global lockfile name */
@@ -66,20 +60,19 @@ static void unlockit(void)
 void fm_lock_dispose(void)
 /* arrange for a lock to be removed on process exit */
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_ATEXIT
     atexit(unlockit);
-#endif
 }
 
 int fm_lock_state(void)
 {
-    int		pid, st;
+    long	pid;
+    int		st;
     FILE	*lockfp;
     int		bkgd = FALSE;
 
     if ((lockfp = fopen(lockfile, "r")) != NULL)
     {
-	int args = fscanf(lockfp, "%d %d", &pid, &st);
+	int args = fscanf(lockfp, "%ld %d", &pid, &st);
 	bkgd = (args == 2);
 
 	if (ferror(lockfp)) {
@@ -91,12 +84,27 @@ int fm_lock_state(void)
 	fclose(lockfp); /* not checking should be safe, file mode was "r" */
 
 	if (args == EOF || args == 0 || kill(pid, 0) == -1) {
+	    /* ^ could not read PID  || process does not exist */
+	    /* => lockfile is stale, unlink it */
 	    pid = 0;
-
 	    fprintf(stderr,GT_("fetchmail: removing stale lockfile\n"));
 	    if (unlink(lockfile)) {
 	       if (errno != ENOENT) {
 		   perror(lockfile);
+		   /* we complain but we don't exit; it might be
+		    * writable for us, but in a directory we cannot
+		    * write to. This means we can write the new PID to
+		    * the file. Truncate to be safe in case the PID is
+		    * recycled by another process later.
+		    * \bug we should use fcntl() style locks or
+		    * something else instead in a future release. */
+		   if (truncate(lockfile, (off_t)0)) {
+		       /* but if we cannot truncate the file either,
+			* assume that we cannot write to it later,
+			* complain and quit. */
+		       perror(lockfile);
+		       exit(PS_EXCLUDE);
+		   }
 	       }
 	    }
 	}
@@ -113,7 +121,7 @@ int fm_lock_state(void)
 }
 
 void fm_lock_assert(void)
-/* assert that we already posess a lock */
+/* assert that we already possess a lock */
 {
     lock_acquired = TRUE;
 }