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Re: [PATCH] ldconfig: Call fsync on temporary files before renaming them [BZ #20890]

Florian Weimer wrote:

    if (write (fd, strings, total_strlen) != (ssize_t) total_strlen
-      || close (fd))
+      || fsync (fd) != 0
+      || close (fd) != 0)
      error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("Writing of cache data failed"));


Would fdatasync suffice, instead of fsync?
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