Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 23:04:46 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, mike@smith.net.au, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, joelh@gnu.org, tom@uniserve.com, gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG, irc@cooltime.simplenet.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Download of FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP Message-ID: <199809162304.QAA18310@usr09.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199809162155.OAA00540@dingo.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Sep 16, 98 02:55:38 pm
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> > Whether this means you use the tool that BSD intends you use (mtree),
> > or whether you reorder the contents of the archive, is really
> > irrelevent. The point is we know *what* to do, and it doesn't
> > matter *how* it gets done.
>
> This is stupid; you are suggesting we force the application to optimise
> for the filesystem it's running on?
>
> I'd have to compare this with rectal insertion of the cart into the
> horse.
That's a McCarthy "or", like "||". If the first expression ("use mtree")
evaluates to true, then you don't have to "force the application to
optimise for the filesystem it's running on".
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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