Guillem Jover wrote: > The worst that could happen on other file systems w/o the sync()/fsync() > before rename()s for extracted files was that the dpkg database might > get slightly out of sync relative to what was installed on disk, but > that's at most confusing, nothing compared to getting zero-length files > all over the place. [...] > The zero-length problem should affect only new recently installed > systems with ext4 anyway.
To throw another variable in the works: doesn't ext4 fall in the same category as "other file systems" today? See v2.6.30-rc1~416^2~15 (ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on rename, 2009-02-23). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101106213314.ga32...@burratino
