[Aptitude-devel] Bug#906695: Bug#906695: aptitude: apt doesn't call fsync on the file extended_states

[Axel Beckert]

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,Hi Mikulas

Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> Package: aptitude
           ^^^^^^^^
>    * What led up to the situation?
> 
> apt doesn't call fsync when writing the file extended_states - so that if
  ^^^
> If you strace aptitude, you can see that it writes the file
                ^^^^^^^^
> I had my file extended_states corrupted when the system crashed while
> doing unattended upgrades.
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> apt should call fsync before closing the file handle
  ^^^

You've mentioned three different package managing tools: apt, aptitude
and unattended-upgrades.

Since you've straced aptitude, I assume you meant aptitude where you
wrote apt. But then again unattended-upgrades uses apt, not aptitude.

Please clarify!

		Regards, Axel
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