On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 05:32:34PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > Hi! > > Steve Langasek [2005-05-18 4:38 -0700]: > > > I read the thread and it convinced me to change the pmount default > > > from sync to async (which would be a trivial change) and replace the > > > --async option with a --sync option. The advantages (don't destroy > > > flash hardware and greatly speed up the writing process) outweigh the > > > disadvantages (protect users from corruption if they don't unmount > > > their drives) IMHO. > > > > > I will prepare the patch ASAP and send it to this bug. In the > > > meantime, would you accept this change for Sarge? > > > > If you think that's the correct course of action for addressing this bug, > > then yes. > > Alright, I uploaded > > pmount (0.8-2) unstable; urgency=high > . > * Urgency high since this fixes an RC bug, the fix should reach Sarge. > * Added debian/patches/02-async_by_default.patch: > - Mount devices 'async' by default instead of 'sync'. This will avoid > physical damage of flash chips due to exaggerated updating of inode/FAT > structures and greatly speed up the write throughput. On the bad side > this makes it much less safe to remove devices without proper > umounting. > - Replace option "--async" with option "--sync". > - Document change in the manpages. > - Closes: #309591 > * debian/control: Correct package priority to optional, to match the katie > overrides. > > The applied patch can be seen at [1], it's pretty trivial. > > I also talked with Sjoerd Simons (hal maintainer). Above pmount upload > will fix the issue for command line users of pmount, but for Utopia users > (i. e. who use gnome-volume-manager and hal) the policy needs to be > fixed in hal; this means nothing more than removing the sync/async > policy stanza from the policy XML file, so I kindly ask to approve > this as well (Sjoerd will prepare an update soon).
Just uploaded hal 0.4.7-3sarge1 to testing-proposed-updates. This removes the sync option from the default setup and adds a warning to the example fdi config file. Please approve for Sarge. Thanks, Sjoerd -- One monk said to the other, "The fish has flopped out of the net! How will it live?" The other said, "When you have gotten out of the net, I'll tell you." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
