--- index/lockutil.c.orig	Sat Sep 16 14:24:25 2000
+++ index/lockutil.c	Sat Sep 16 14:24:40 2000
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 	    (O_BINARY|O_CREAT|O_RDWR), 0666);
 #else
     h->fd= open (name, ((h->excl_flag > 1) ? O_EXCL : 0)|
-	    (O_BINARY|O_CREAT|O_RDWR|O_SYNC), 0666);
+	    (O_BINARY|O_CREAT|O_RDWR), 0666);
 #endif
     if (h->fd == -1)
     {