Comment 8 for bug 37435
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| Stewart Smith (stewart) wrote Re: maintainer of /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/ doesn't do updates safely | #8 |
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(Get the code!)
Changing file system behaviour isn't a fix.
Software should be written to the standards. While ext3 is common, it's behaviour here is not indicative of most file systems.
The patch looks good and should prevent this problem.
What ext3 does is close to what this patch does, so there shouldn't be much of a speed difference.
Besides, IMHO correctness is more important than speed. It's better to take more time in upgrade and have a system that's recoverable (or more likely to be recoverable) in the event of a crash then end up with something that's nearly completely hosed.