>>>>> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:15:41 +1000, Ken Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

 >> If you want a faster mkmanifest() that works without manifind due to
 >> performance considerations, you should probably write a
 >> fastmkmanifest() without touching manifind().

  > It seems like it would be better to write a fastmanifind(), and have
  > mkmanifest() use that instead of manifind().  It ends up throwing all
  > the SKIP files away anyway.

Probably. But don't forget you'll need the old manifind for at least
manicheck and skipcheck.

 >>> That line should be
 >> 
 >>> ^/Makefile$
 >> 
 >>> instead, right?
 >> 
 >> No.

  > I don't quite understand that.  If MANIFEST.SKIP is skipping those
  > files, then how did they end up in MANIFEST?

Somebody wrote them in there manually.


-- 
andreas

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