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In article <9510152228.00000000000d6y@phszx81.gn.apc.org> paul@phszx81.gn.apc.org writes:
> In article <overlord.b5cr@megalith.miami.fl.us> overlord@megalith.miami.fl.us (Carlos Amezaga) writes:
> >	 I remember a long while ago, there was a discussion about a bug in
> > hardlinks in all versions of the O.S. greater than 2.04.  Does anyone know
> > if this bug still exists in version 3.1 of the operating system?  Are there
> > any PD patches for this bug?  Anyone using wCnews use any special kludges
> > to get around the bug and if so what may they be?

> I run wCNews [grudgingly, it's a dog, but it's the best available], on a
> 2.04 system and have never noticed any problems caused by hardlinks.

Because wCNews expire, and the AmigaUUCP trimnews are coded to deal with
the problem.

> I keep hearing about "bugs" in hardlinks but never any specifics. If I
> remember rightly, the problems concern directories rather than files,
> and as all wCNews (and AmigaUUCP news) use are file hardlinks, there
> shouldn't be a problem.

The major problem with file hardlinks, on 2.04, is that if you delete
a link while a scan of the directory is in process, the directory block
for the directory can be munged. That's what I remember anyway.

I don't remember when this was fixed, but I think it was fs 40.4. And
I don't think that was ever publically released, before C= went belly
up.
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