[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Long filenames are usually attractive, but not when they cause headaches.
Agreed!
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, David Douthitt wrote:
> > My thoughts are the package name could be picked up from a file named
> > "var/lib/lrpkg/XXXXXX.list" instead - and if there isn't one, it won't
> > matter what the package name is anyway.
>
> named what?
>
> XXXXXX.list - overwritten by multiple packages... complicated
No.... (I wasn't clear)
> foo.list - not much improvement, hmmm?
If the package is foo, hey it's the same...
> fooBecomesALongNameBeforeYouKnowItanditsUNSTOPPABLE.list -
Exactly....
> well, getting
> there, but the _contents_ of this file are already defined,
...not a big deal...
> and you still
> need a way to map the long filename back to an 8.3 filename for backup.
Um! Uh....
I told you was just thinking about this...
> Oh, and minix only handles 30 character filenames.
Ouch! I was thinking of the UNIX limit of 64...
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