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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: ksycoca corruption over NFS (Re: Bug#15720: Mounted home dirscause
From:       Alex Zepeda <jazepeda () pacbell ! net>
Date:       2000-11-23 7:56:55
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 09:12:23PM +0000, David Faure wrote:

> We don't use mmap for writing, we use QDataStream over a QFile.
> 
> You're right. The problem has nothing to do with mmap, it's when writing that
> some data became corrupted.

Quickly, the most reliable NFS implementations are usually v2 over UDP.  
Anything else often runs into problems, especially in a heterogeneous
environment.

Also perhaps it would be safer to write to a separate file, and then move
it, instead of appending to it.

- alex

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