Ubuntu
dpkg package

  1. Bug #570805
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 570805

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Bela Lubkin (filbo) wrote : Re: [regression] dpkg fsync cause massive regression in Ubuntu Server and Alternate installation times

Ok, looked at Colin's backport:

It's the right way to do it; and I suspect this is true for all Unixish OSes with all filesystems, whether or not they have synchronous sync().