Re: 2.1.65: sync (ext2) broken.

ralf@uni-koblenz.de
Thu, 20 Nov 1997 08:46:05 +0100


On Wed, Nov 19, 1997 at 04:08:05PM +0100, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:

> Just installed 2.1.65...
> Everything works fine, until some program issues a sync() command, which
> causes the program to hang forever, I can't even kill (or kill -9) it from
> a different tty.
> It happens even with the following code:
> main()
> {
> sync();
> }

Actually, on a normal setup sync(2) has been called by the update deamon
before you have logged on, so I guess your real problem is something
else.

Ralf