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From: Gregory Maxwell <greg@linuxpower.cx>
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On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 11:50:23PM -0400, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> > http://cr.yp.to/qmail/faq/reliability.html
> 
> ...which is consistent.  Qmail is assuming that the link() is
> synchronous, as it was back in the "Good Old Days" of stock FFS.

That isn't the only cruft there from the "Good Old Days":

"Battery backups will keep your server alive, letting you park the disk to
avoid a head crash, when the power goes out."

What the hell? Self-parking drives predate qmail by quite a long time.