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SubjectRe: fsync weirdness on 2.3.x???
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George Bonser <grep@shorelink.com> writes:

> I have a test system (SMP even) that I am using just to build and run
> 2.3.x to help you guys get some feedback and I notice this if I try to use
> Debian's package manager to install a package:
>
> dpkg: error processing procps_2.0.2-2.deb (--install):
> unable to fsync updated status of `procps': Input/output error
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> unable to fsync updated status of `procps': Input/output error
>
> It will SOMETIMES work and it will SOMETIMES report this error. Error rate
> is about 50% of the times I run dpkg.

I saw it reproducable with 2.3.9 on UP; strace shows ftruncate
returning 0 but following fsync gives EIO. Didn't try 2.3.10.

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