From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 03:51:10 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: No longer call sync by default.
X-Git-Tag: TEXTUTILS-1_14b~3
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a2d90c16169cd806ee8a2575d3915dd6da23e0a7;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

No longer call sync by default.
---

diff --git a/src/df.c b/src/df.c
index a5c84ae002..41780f10d8 100644
--- a/src/df.c
+++ b/src/df.c
@@ -78,11 +78,10 @@ static int posix_format;
 
 /* If nonzero, invoke the `sync' system call before getting any usage data.
    Using this option can make df very slow, especially with many or very
-   busy disks.  Default to nonzero because the sync call does make a
-   difference on some systems -- SunOs4.1.3, for one.  I have been assured
-   that it is *not* necessary on Linux, so there should be a way to
-   configure this.  FIXME.  */
-static int require_sync = 1;
+   busy disks.  Note that this may make a difference on some systems --
+   SunOs4.1.3, for one.  I have been assured that it is *not* necessary
+   on Linux.  */
+static int require_sync = 0;
 
 /* Nonzero if errors have occurred. */
 static int exit_status;