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Data Loss Bug In OS X 10.5 Leopard

Posted by kdawson on from the first-do-no-harm dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Leopard's Finder has a glaring bug in its directory-moving code, leading to horrendous data loss if a destination volume disappears while a move operation is in progress. This author first came across it when Samba crashed while he was moving a directory from his desktop over to a Samba mount on his FreeBSD server."

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  1. Re:Terrible bug by myowntrueself · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You're asking if a bug wherein entire folder hierarchies can go *poof* in the event a network share drops should be considered critical? Are you serious?

    Critical in comparison to what?

    Making sure the iPhone shipped on time and that its first major upgrade would brick unlocked phones?

    Sure, Saint Steve would *obviously* say that the iPhone deal was far more critical than mere data loss on a mere workstation...

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  2. Re:No it isn't by poopdeville · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Bullshit. http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/

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