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diff --git a/libraries/libeatmydata/slack-desc b/libraries/libeatmydata/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..39c513cdf5a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/libeatmydata/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. +# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and +# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. +# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +libeatmydata: libeatmydata (a small LD_PRELOAD library designed to disable fsync) +libeatmydata: +libeatmydata: libeatmydata is a small LD_PRELOAD library designed to +libeatmydata: (transparently) disable fsync (and friends, like open(O_SYNC)). +libeatmydata: This has two side-effects: making software that writes data safely +libeatmydata: to disk a lot quicker and making this software no longer crash safe. +libeatmydata: +libeatmydata: DO NOT use libeatmydata on software where you care about what it +libeatmydata: stores. It's called libEAT-MY-DATA for a reason. +libeatmydata: +libeatmydata: |