Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 08:57:44 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), 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: <l03020900b2267dcfd654@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <199809162155.OAA00540@dingo.cdrom.com> References: Your message of "Wed, 16 Sep 1998 20:54:51 -0000." <199809162054.NAA25689@usr04.primenet.com>
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At 2:55 pm -0700 16/9/98, Mike Smith wrote: [...] >> 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. No, he's just suggesting that there is a worst case which is heavily exercised at the moment, and doing something else would be better. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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