Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:53:04 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile src/release/scripts kernels-install.sh Message-ID: <4501D830.5090704@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20060908205029.GA99346@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200609081954.k88JsbdS028442@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060908205029.GA99346@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 07:54:37PM +0000, Ruslan Ermilov wrote.. > >>ru 2006-09-08 19:54:37 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> release Makefile >> release/scripts kernels-install.sh >> Log: >> Stop cutting the tarball names to eight symbols. This makes >> it possible to e.g. distribute kernels with config names larger >> than eight symbols, without the clash. Previousy, LALALALA >> and LALALALA-SMP would be the same tarball. (I think this >> comes from the old days where tarballs were put on the MS-DOS >> formatted diskettes.) > > > Or non-RockRidge CDs I think. > The unavailability/immaturity of VFAT, RR, and Joliet were all considerations at the time. Scott
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