Re: Configuring fdatasync for Solaris2

Kenji Sugita writes:

> ;;; I have installed a patch that should work for you. I used -lrt instead of
> ;;; -lposix4. They should be the same, but the former seems to be preferred.
>
> Did you posted? I would like to try to use it.

I added

AC_SEARCH_LIBS(fdatasync, rt)

near the location where your patch went.

> My understanding is that it should be enabled by configure, since fdatasync
> is the best method for Solaris2.

Correct. fdatasync() is (when not simply aliased to fsync) more efficient
than fsync(), which is it's reason of existence. I find it interesting
that it's associated with "real-time" computing.

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