Interesting XFS note

[Net Llama!]

All i'm taking from this excerpt is that something is very badly broken 
in the way that Gentoo impliments XFS.  Unless there's some explanation 
on what an 'emerge' would do that is possible on other distros?

On 02/28/03 20:42, Collins wrote:
> I know that most people on this list consider XFS to be rock-solid reliable, 
> but I keep reading from time to time that it is not perfect.  Excerpt from a 
> recent posting on Gentoo.
> 
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>>From C. Candell" <gentoo at ossh.com>
> 
> You need to emerge xfs-sources for support  XFS of 
> filesystems. I've been using XFS for a few months now, but I wouldnt
> use it on a computer which is not connected to a UPS since I've had
> a few nasty accidents with XFS where shutting down in the middle of
> an emerge has left my system crippled (on a computer NOT on a UPS).
> 
> If you have a UPS then I suggest you give the XFS filesystem a
> try... but please make sure to read more about it, since you can
> loose data if you are not careful and do a hard shutdown in the
> middle of something important.
> 
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> PS: I'm not trying  to start an fs war (I have nothing against XFS, other than  
> the fact that it's not yet part of the stable kernel) - just reporting 
> feedback.
> 

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