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To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile src/include Makefile src/release Makefile src/release/picobsd/build Makefile.mfs src/release/picobsd/custom Makefile.mfs src/release/picobsd/dial Makefile.mfs src/release/picobsd/install Makefile.mfs 
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com>
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> The only real way that I see of getting this is to add -L to mtree,
> but also add an enviornment variable that mtree does a getenv on.
> That would be something like MTREE_USE_LOGICAL.  If that exists, it
> defaults to the old behavior w/o need for a command line argument.

I see an mtree command growing an uncommon amount of fur in this
proposal. :(

Can you perhaps recap the reasons why we'd want mtree to use one
default behavior for "general use" but another default behavior for
its use in the source tree?  This whole thing just seems kind
of... off...  somehow.

- Jordan


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