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Date:      Tue, 30 Jun 1998 16:01:42 -0700
From:      Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, mkn@emailbox.hdtv.lucent.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Unsupport calls 
Message-ID:  <199806302301.QAA29682@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>

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On Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:04:07 +0000 (GMT) 
 Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote:

 > Not really.  The distinction drawn between user data and metadata is
 > useless in the face of a technology like soft updates.

...and not only does POSIX not define softupdates, but who says you're
using a UFS-like file system, anyhow?

 > This is just another case of POSIX adding insult to injury, to no
 > real benefit for anyone.

...and this insults you how?  I think you're taking it way too seriously :-)

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