Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19-rc1/2.5.25 provide dummy fsync() routine for

[Alan Cox]

On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 16:19, Matthias Andree wrote:
> > Linus has explicitly stated what fsync on a directory does, during
> > several of the thousands of cycling repeated flamewars generated by MTA
> > authors
> 
> That requires explicitly porting applications to Linux and is
> unreasonable to expect from a usability point of view.

Well bad luck then. POSIX and SuS forgot to specify a standard on this.
I've pointed other people at the standards committee to go fix it but
heard a deafening silence. Until then I'll run nice fast Linux ported
mail apps