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Re:A disk so full, it couldn't be restored by bbarnett on Thursday April 04, 2024 @09:41AM (#39930295)
No, I'm not. They said the "recommended solution" for this issue is to use a quota.

They also said it was mainly used for other issues, such as fragmentation. In other words, this was stated as a fix for the file delete issue.

How does this invalidate my comment, that this was a broken implementation?

It doesn't matter if it will be fixed in the future, or was just fixed.

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Re:A disk so full, it couldn't be restored by aidenn0 on Thursday April 04, 2024 @12:14PM (#39932339)
According to rincebrain, the "disk too full to delete files" was fixed "shortly after the fork" which means "shortly after 2012." My information was quite out of date.
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Re:A disk so full, it couldn't be restored by bbarnett on Thursday April 04, 2024 @12:17PM (#39932387)
Well I'm glad they fixed a bug, which made the filesystem unusable. Good on them, and thank you for clarification.
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