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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19-rc1/2.5.25 provide dummy fsync() routine for
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de>
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On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 16:19, Matthias Andree wrote:
> > Linus has explicitly stated what fsync on a directory does, during
> > several of the thousands of cycling repeated flamewars generated by MTA
> > authors
> 
> That requires explicitly porting applications to Linux and is
> unreasonable to expect from a usability point of view.

Well bad luck then. POSIX and SuS forgot to specify a standard on this.
I've pointed other people at the standards committee to go fix it but
heard a deafening silence. Until then I'll run nice fast Linux ported
mail apps

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