Am Freitag, 22. März 2013 schrieb Martin Steigerwald: > > How does on check for actually available space on those file systems? > > It is always problematic if etablished system interfaces start > > reporting bogus values and are replaced by newer interfaces that > > report the correct ones instead. But if the newer interfaces are > > pointed out then this could be taken care of. > > I agree that this is problematic for applications. > > But in BTRFS this has technical reasons: > > https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Why_are_there_so_many_ways_to > _check_the_amount_of_free_space.3F > > https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Why_is_free_space_so_complica > ted.3F > > Basically: Its too flexible for correct free space display.
Well, let me rephrase it: Basically: Its too flexible to know what a exact free space display could be. -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
