begin Paul J Collins quotation:
> >>>>> "PJ" == Paul Jakma <paulj at itg.ie> writes:
>> PJ> disabling atime: can potentially break stuff.
>> Do you have any examples to hand?
Given that unix has evolved with the notion that /usr could be
a read-only mounted NFS or CD-ROM partition, I'd say that the chances
are slim.
Even / has read-only mounting in mind. Most people mount
their system mail queue, news spool, and CVS repositories with
noatime, and it works fine. Most applications have learned not to
trust atime except in very specific situations (/var/lock is a
possibility, though unconfirmed).
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