On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 11:41:21AM -0400, Todd Vierling wrote:

 > We are no longer building update(8) as part of the distribution.  Doesn't
 > this assume that the admin _is_ using the [GPL'd] softdep?  After all,
 > update(8)'s purpose is to call sync() every 30 seconds or so to keep the
 > data blocks and metadata as up-to-date as possible.

No, the trickle-sync code is there for non-softdep, as well.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>