[Info-vax] 8.4 freespace-drift problem?

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On Friday, May 22, 2015 at 1:08:06 PM UTC-5, JF Mezei wrote:
> On 15-05-22 04:40, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> 
> >> Why am I so happy that I'm still running V8.3 ????
> > 
> > You have no reason to be happy. Upgrade. 8.4 is "better".
> 
> Only if you have access to patches that correct the big problems of the
> original 8.4
> 
> 
> > Phillips issues as desribed above has of course nothing
> > with 8.4 as such to do.
> 
> 
> Do any files get put into [syslost] by  ana/disk/repair ?
> 
> Do you get to delete a lot of files that are only "half closed" where
> the delete works but the space isn't actually released until whatever
> app that still had a link to it ends ? (at whcih point ana/disk/repair
> does the freeing of disk space).
> 
> temporary files that somehow don't get deleted when closed ?

If you get the latest 8.4 hobbyist media kit from HP it includes the last major update v10.0 I believe. For IA64 at least, don't know about AXP.