Date: Sun, 2 Apr 1995 10:36:09 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, jkh@freefall.cdrom.com Cc: bde@godzilla.zeta.org.AU, hackers@freefall.cdrom.com, install-geeks@FreeBSD.org, joerg@sax.de, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, nate@trout.sri.mt.net, wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de Subject: Re: MBONE interfaces and snazzy install tools. Message-ID: <199504020036.KAA24233@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> You mean, like /bin/mv is a 20 line C program (I'll allow a generous >> factor of 10 for perl's superiority over C) :-). >> >> (/bin/mv has to be very complicated to handle things like recursive >> moves across file systems, preserving all attributes.) >Silly Bruce! :-) >We're talking about /stand tools here - they don't have to sing and >dance, they just have to be able to carry out primitive operations and >effect repair. And even if you're talking about a 2 line perl script Another silly comment: do you mean like the non-singing, non-dancing 386BSD /stand tools? :-). >vs a 2 line C program, the perl script will win just due to the >overhead we incur in producing our well-padded a.outs! Sure, but I doubt that file modes (including the ones set by chflags) and errors can be handled in 2 lines of anything. Don't forget to install /tmp with perms 1777 (cp -pR botches the 1000 flag). Don't forget to install /kernel and libc.so with flag schg. Bruce
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