Hello Simon,
On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 11:43:28PM +0100, Simon Paillard wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 09:42:33PM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > clone 579575 -1
> > reassign -1 release-notes
> > thanks
> >
> > Given that traditionally a returned unmount would indicate that all
> > outstanding write operations are completed and it was hence safe to
> > remove the media and the ubiquity of fat formatted usb drives and the
> > fact that non command line users are affacted too this behaviour
> > clearly should be mentioned in the release notes.
>
> Actually this bug has not been confirmed by util-linux maintainers, and is not
> reproducible (linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 2.6.32-28 with util-linux 2.17.2-3.3).
Glad to hear that!
I assumed that the "no confirmation" was a "I have not idea how to fix
this", this assumption has now been corrected, thanks.
> It seems misunderstanding happened between reporters and Moritz (on whether
> they actually umounted it or not).
Rereading the bug trail I see your point. Unfortunately Moritz did not
reply to #22 and so I understood it was a silent agreement.
Greetings
Helge
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