Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 18:48:45 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes Message-ID: <20000823184845.D13773@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <200008231743.LAA13050@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 11:43:14AM -0600 References: <20000814003636.A74639@pavilion.net> <200008140753.AAA08038@netplex.com.au> <20000819124824.E88550@lucifer.bart.nl> <20000822161835.B807@dragon.nuxi.com> <20000823091714.D650@pavilion.net> <200008231648.KAA02382@billy-club.village.org> <200008231704.LAA02617@billy-club.village.org> <200008231707.LAA12343@nomad.yogotech.com> <20000823184240.B13773@pavilion.net> <200008231743.LAA13050@nomad.yogotech.com>
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On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 11:43:14AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote: > > > If we have "utime/user" we probably don't. Utime (by which I mean > > any format with a resolution of a second) on it's own probably isn't > > sufficient without a lock and a sub increment counter (although a byte > > from /dev/urandom may work..... only joking! :) > > Actually, given the updates from CVS, I think a utime counter is quite > adequate. I don't think we're pushing multiple updates/sec at this > point. > Multiple updates/sec no - but can you guarantee that in any given second there won't be two commits. If you can't then we should use an increment counter, or not bother (Or am I being too exacting here?). Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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