Hi, +1 for adding support for libeatmydata, preferably as an option that could be enabled in /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg. It would be a nice feature to have for those of us that keep our rootfs on a ZFS volume.
Thanks, Andy On 02/11/2011 03:58, "Jonathan Nieder" <[email protected]> wrote: >Phillip Susi wrote: > >> What does keeping it out of dpkg gain? > >Maintainability. Running "eatmydata dpkg -i <foo>.deb" disables >fsyncs in maintainer scripts, too, which might match the desired >behavior better. (On the other hand, if you only want to suppress >fsync()s in admindir, perhaps because you keep it on a different >filesystem, then you'd need a finer-tuned interface than either >"dpkg --force-something" or eatmydata can provide. When that >happens, it's probably best to implement it once in eatmydata, >where the logic can be reused by other apps, too.) > >No strong opinion from me about what's the right choice in this >particular case, though. > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >[email protected] >Archive: >http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cad6f964.2813b%[email protected]
