[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #4179: (patch included) BackendQueryDiskSpace incorrectly aggregates identical local disks

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/17/2007 01:35 PM, Chris Moates wrote:
> I am finishing up a patch that will still prefer false positives, but 
> reduce the false rate a bit. Short version, if the disks are both local, 
> and have the same st_dev from stat(), then they are the same device, and 
> can be merged. If the st_dev numbers are different, then the devices are 
> unique, and should not be merged. If stat() fails, then we fall back to 
> the way it was before my patch, using only disk capacity and free space. 
> The st_dev method is the same way df works, so it seems likely to be 
> reliable.

Yeah.  I finally got around to catching up on the IRC scrollback (I
always do mail first, then IRC) and saw your conversation with Chris. 
Sounds (and your patch looks) like a good approach.

Mike