On Friday 10 May 2002 13:44, kevin lyda wrote:
> On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:22:07PM +0100, Nick Murtagh wrote:
> > I wonder if it will be more successful? It would
> > be great to have a distro that did this out of the
> > box.
>> it would? each package requires at least 10 (or more) inodes. the /pkg
> directory would have hundreds if not thousands of files.
so? the added structure has a cost sure, but I don't see that as a problem.
the benefits are worth it. and those hundreds if not thousands of files
are mostly present already on a linux box. this scheme adds more directories
to structure the thing better. and of course you need a bunch of symlinks
for compatibility. but those might disappear over time.
are you short of inodes or something?
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