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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Tar as filesystem
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Jan Hudec |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Tar as filesystem |
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Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:40:05 +0100 |
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On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 13:44:07 -0500, Aaron Bentley wrote:
> A while ago, Miles Bader pointed out that patch-log files tend to waste
> space on filesystems where the minimum block size is 4 k. He suggested
> storing old patch-logs in tar files, which lead me to thinking of using
> tar as a filesystem format.
The problem should be fixed somewhere else -- by fixing the filesystem.
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Jan 'Bulb' Hudec
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