On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 08:13:03AM -0800, James Morrison wrote: > > --- "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sure. ;) But I think you missed the point: The `--volatile' options > > makes newly created nodes "volatile". That is, they won't get > > synced to the tarball when asking the translator to go away. :) > > > > Ponder, what is the point of removing the object files; isn't that a > > bit bakwards? Removing debugging symbols is probobly as stupid...
Well, I suppose they aren't -removed- so much as just -not written in the first place-, yes? Er..., something like that.... > No, it's not backwards. It makes perfect sense. Removing debugging symbols > also makes sense for most binaries. I think the volatile feature is really > cool. No more untarring stuff onto the filesystem when it can all stay in > RAM :) Hm. Maybe it'd be nice to put this buffering feature into its own translator--a `bufferfs', to layer over other translators. I remember seeing some nice things done with totally-buffered file-systems--SuSE, for example, having `live trial' CDs that could be loaded and run-with, and the whole file-system would be writable, but it wouldn't go anywhere except RAM. No hard-disk needed, even if one wanted to see what it was like to hack on things. It might be nice to produce something like that :) -- "In my experience, there's no such thing as a software design that's correct from the start. Redesign should be built into the process, because it *will* be required." --Bill Gribble, guile-user
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