Re: ReiserFS patch for updating ctimes of renamed files

[Hans Reiser]

Andrew Morton wrote:

> Hans Reiser <reiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > In theory it is cleaner and purer to do it the way we did.  In practice, 
> > Alex's problem seems like a real one, and I don't know how hard it is to 
> > change tar to do the right thing.  We'll discuss it in a small seminar 
> > today.
> >    
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> It would be best to make this change.  minix, ext2 and ext3 do set ctime,
> so it is "the Linux standard".
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do you think schultz's arguments about why it is wrong are correct?  
They seem well thought out to me.

--
Hans


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