Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] build: use gnulib fdatasync

[adding bug-gnulib] On 10/25/2011 03:44 AM, Jiri Denemark wrote: >On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 16:44:49 -0600, Eric Blake wrote: >>Commit 1726a73 hacked around MacOS' lack of fdatasync, since >>gnulib did not have it at the time. But now that we use newer >>gnulib, we can avoid the hack. >> >>* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add fdatasync. >>* configure.ac (AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE): Drop our own check. >>--- >> bootstrap.conf | 1 + >> configure.ac | 5 +---- >> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > >ACK > >BTW, are there any plans on enhancing gnulib fsync module to provide a >replacement for certain versions of OS X? Although they provide fsync, it >doesn't really sync anything and one needs to do some ioctl hackery to really >achieve what fsync should do. Any quick pointers to example code using that ioctl? Then again, I'll probably find them with a quick google search myself.