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		fulafel on Dec 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: RedixDB – a fast persistent key-value sto... To split hairs, the bug is in MacOS - its fsync() does not flush data to stable storage. Go 1.12 includes a workaround for this MacOS bug.

networkimprov on Dec 25, 2018 [–]

To split further, it's a MacOS design flaw, with a published workaround. It is a bug to fail to use the workaround :-)

fulafel on Dec 26, 2018 | [–]

I don't know if Apoke really acknowledges it as a bug or flaw. Their man page for fsync reads like an intentional misunderstanding of fsync semantics.

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