Atomic in the original word meaning can't be cut, and stopping is a form of cutting. Rolling back is a strategy to permit stopping an atomic operation, but I am unsure thi can be done always.
-- Gian Uberto Lauri Messaggio inviato da un tablet On 11/dic/2014, at 17:42, Stefan Monnier <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> users equally well. If it does, the relevance of having a ^C at boot >>>> time for stopping an fsck might be open to examination. >>> The issue goes beyond fsck. It's important to be able to interrupt >>> various long-running operations (typically waiting for an event) >>> during boot. >> But some operations are "atomic". > > I don't see how to affects what I said. > > > Stefan > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

