Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 17:31:42 -0200 (BRDT) From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br> To: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@monzoon.net> Cc: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Charles Randall <crandall@matchlogic.com>, "'Matt Dillon'" <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, Dan Phoenix <dphoenix@bravenet.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Jos Backus <josb@cncdsl.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: soft updates and qmail (RE: qmail IO problems) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0102061730380.1535-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva> In-Reply-To: <3A805035.C71AAD5E@monzoon.net>
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On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Andre Oppermann wrote: > Qmail depends on ordered-metadata updates (Terry! :-). That > means if you issue a link() to the new place and a unlink() in > the old place it should guarantee that the link() happens > *BEFORE* the unlink(). > > As it is, I can only recommend people to go with something > > like postfix, Exim or zmailer ... > > Have a look at the qmail source and the facts before you spill > out such a *bullshit*! If qmail depends on a behaviour which isn't guaranteed by some OSes ... Rik -- Linux MM bugzilla: http://linux-mm.org/bugzilla.shtml Virtual memory is like a game you can't win; However, without VM there's truly nothing to lose... http://www.surriel.com/ http://www.conectiva.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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