Package: extlinux Version: 2:4.02+dfsg-7 Severity: important Tags: squeeze update-extlinux script modifies boot-related files in unsafe ways, which is a "good" way to make system unbootable: it re-creates several files in /boot/extlinux/ by zeroing the content at start and adding information to them piece by piece. In case of a power failure during this time, the system will be unbootable. We're talking about the need to perform f(data)sync() on important files to ensure data integrity, but this case is much more important since it affects whole system, but here, file manipulation is much less safe than just omitting fsync.
The rigth way to create these files is to create a temp file first, and when it's done, rename it into place atomically. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
