Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Nov 1999 01:56:06 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: bdflush problem ? |
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François Désarménien wrote: > # Things to run in every runlevel. > ## Linux Mandrake: > # Obsolete with 2.2.9 kernel. # > #ud::once:/sbin/update > > is it normal ? What is new in 2.2.9 that makes update obsolete ?
There were some changes in the bdflush code in 2.2.8, but some of those were withdrawn in 2.2.9. However the kupdate daemon was not introduced until *2.2.11*; it's still in present kernels. I remember losing about 5 hours worth of data sometime in that range of kernels, and I had /sbin/update disabled because I thought it wasn't necessary. Evidently it was. I'm under the impression it is not required for current 2.3 kernels.
> I see, but I'm still puzzled between gcc-pgcc-egcs
gcc -> original GNU compiler project pgcc -> spin-off concentrating on better Pentium code at expense of reliability egcs -> spin-off concentrating on better social engineering of engineers the better parts of pgcc are absorbed into egcs, and lots of work is done in general gcc -> absorbs egcs project, i.e. egcs becomes new official gcc project absorption process not quite permeated whole world yet
enjoy, -- Jamie
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