Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 13:49:09 +0100 From: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@digiware.nl> To: Jordan Hubbard <jordan.hubbard@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-filesystems@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com> Subject: Re: Thoughts on Multi-Symlink Concept Message-ID: <5309EE45.8090907@digiware.nl> In-Reply-To: <43505B61-FAE8-4A61-922E-78F6007BBFC3@gmail.com> References: <CAO2cuEMC==HstC4VkkiFpHyo6LA_xyCjYKvCEECXneVLNnZpZg@mail.gmail.com> <A31B3F88-861F-459B-AD67-F146D5514594@mail.turbofuzz.com> <530049a1.XXZ1PjZFgRyCu9X6%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <53092D83.6050603@digiware.nl> <43505B61-FAE8-4A61-922E-78F6007BBFC3@gmail.com>
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On 23-2-2014 3:45, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > On Feb 22, 2014, at 3:06 PM, Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@digiware.nl> > wrote: > >> Yes, please can we get these .... >> >> Apollo Domain systems had those, and they were great. Set SYSTYPE >> to BSD4 and get the BSD tree and all that came with it, or SYSV to >> get the other stuff. > > Yep, I loved these things on Domain/OS! We system admin types used > them to do all kinds of clever (and useful) things. > > Looks like FreeBSD has actually *had* an implementation for 6 years > now. I don’t necessarily agree with the architectural decision to > create a different namespace and command (varsym) to manipulate it - > it was really nice just having it be a part of the standard > environ(7) - but hey, any implementation is better than no > implementation. Whatever happened to > https://wiki.freebsd.org/200808DevSummit?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=variant-symlinks-for-freebsd.pdf This one came in after your previous one, which I answered extensively. But I see your point in just using ENV, makes life much more consistent. And then again: Any version is better than no version. Could do integration in due time. --WjW
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