Bug#1004867: RFP: eatmydata-sc -- eatmydata replacement using seccomp
On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 07:16:28PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name : eatmydata-sc
> Upstream Author : Julian Andres Klode <jak@jak-linux.org>
> * URL : https://github.com/julian-klode/eatmydata-sc
> * License : LGPLv2.1
> Programming Lang: C
> Description : eatmydata replacement using seccomp
>
> eatmydata-sc is similar to eatmydata, a tool to disable file syncing. It
> is implemented using seccomp-bpf and disables all explicit sync()-like
> calls.
>
> It does not support the open() call with O_SYNC parameters or similar.
>
I do not think it makes sense to package this as is. There's also
another implementation that came first that I don't remember.
If we do want this, we should maybe rename it to inhibit-sync or
similar and see if we can get it into util-linux (or moreutils)
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