add --with-locking option

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+Fri Dec 22 23:42:16 2000 Shantonu Sen <ssen@mit.edu>
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+       * Made a new ./configure option called
+       "--with-locking" that allows the file
+       locking mechanism to be chosen there instead of
+       requiring a manual edit of config.h.
+
+       * If the option is not explicitly set, or an
+       invalid option is specified, "dot" locking is
+       chosen. Valid options are "dot", "fcntl",
+       "flock", and "lockf". We need a way to tell
+       the user that these are the valid options, and
+       change the flag "--with-locking" if it's not
+       descriptive enough.
+
 Fri Dec 22 19:21:29 2000 Shantonu Sen <ssen@mit.edu>
 
        * Remove the lex-specific memory hints at the