Re: ReiserFS patch for updating ctimes of renamed files

[Andrew Morton]

Hans Reiser <reiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> do you think schultz's arguments about why it is wrong are correct?  
> They seem well thought out to me.

Well given that you've renamed the file, you do want the backup program to
pick up the "new" file.  But it'd be a pretty lame backup program which was
fooled by a missing ctime update.

Yes, John has a point but we're not going to go and change all the other
filesystems (are we?).

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