Andy Green wrote:

>> sync() is not the way to get some files committed to disk.
> 
> Sure it is.  A sync() at the end is aimed at closing the window between

One more point on fsync() vs sync()... sync() will mop up whatever the
%pre/%post scripts have been up to, eg, ldconfig or whatever and commit
it.  fsync() just on archive unpacked files will miss that.

-Andy