Re: hash2 mangling alghorithm

2002-05-31 Thread The DJ
on 31-05-2002 12:21, Simo Sorce at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just want to warn people that want to use the new hashing algorithm for mangled names. And that note should also be put in the man page IMO. You must understand that changing the hashing algorithm on a production server may

RE: hash2 mangling alghorithm

2002-05-31 Thread Simo Sorce
No, sorry it is not as simple. When you use mangled names you must assure they will always be mangled the same way during the same connection. So if a file gets deleted and then recreated it must be mangled back the same way! This will make things overly complex and oblige us to keep 2 separate