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On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 08:14:55PM +0100, Phillip Lougher wrote:
> Point one: The interface didn't do this UNTIL you changed the code
> Point two: Just because no one has reported other filesystem
> breakage, it doesn't mean other filesystems have not broken.

Point three: it was never promised *AND* never intended.