Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: [arch-users] advanced usage advice: the prism technique (fwd)

[Florian Weimer]

On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 01:40:18PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> > about adding an argument to `tla get' so that it would hardlink instead
> > of copying files from the revision library (if possible)? It escapes my
> 
> that would make it. Of course I'm playing risky, but I'm fine to deal
> with that risk, the payoff makes it worthwhile, it's simply up to me
> (not to the kernel since the kernel can't do that) to always do
> copy-on-write on all the checked out trees.

I think you could keep the revision library under a different UID.  This
way, the kernel would remind you when you try to do something stupid.
8-)