On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote: > Having said that, I don't think the concept behind your library is > sound, because it presupposes that all previous programs which update > files are buggy.
They are. Kinda. They either do unsafe file updates or they have regressions from the unsafe file update case. > Just because some wrongheaded Linux kernel filesystem developers think > that almost all previously written Unix programs are buggy, doesn't > mean that it's true or that the right fix is to rewrite every program. This lib is about making the temp file workaround easier. Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti=1hflnzt3gdpqacp5jq_nv28iur-5bfu0ha...@mail.gmail.com