Paul Eggert wrote: > Karl Berry wrote: > > I was on centos7. > > > > (I don't observe your problem on my Fedora 31 box, for example). > > > > Maybe there is hope for a future centos, then.
Just another few data points... I was able to recreate this issue on a CentOS 7 system running in a tmpfs filesystem. So that's pretty much pointing directly at the Linux kernel behavior independent of file system type. Meanwhile... I can also recreate this on a Debian system with a Linux 4.9 kernel in 9 Stretch. But not on 10 Buster Linux 4.19. But once again not on an earlier Linux 3.2 kernel. 3.2 good, 4.9 bad, 4.19 good. Therefore this seems to be a Linux behavior that was the desired way, then flipped to the annoying behavior way, then has flipped back again later. Apparently. Anyway just a few data points. Bob
