[Gnu-arch-users] Re: commit going up the tree

[John Arbash Meinel]

Matthieu Moy wrote:

>John A Meinel <address@hidden> writes:
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>>There might be other reasons, but that's what I can think of. I don't
>>see a real reason to keep it, so it probably could be fixed.
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>More generally, temporary files should be created in a temporary
>directory (/tmp or stg like $TEMPDIR).
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Actually, because pristine trees are going to be moved underneath
{arch}, they probably should not be created in /tmp, because that may be
on a different filesystem. Pristine trees aren't meant to be truly
temporary.
I think the new-pristines should be created under {arch}. So that you
would get:
$wd/{arch}/,,new-pristine-blah

I believe tla & baz do use /tmp for some other files (like checking
signatures). Though it probably hard-codes '/tmp' rather than using $TEMPDIR
So for things that are truly transient, I agree, tla should use
$TEMPDIR, but for intermediate stages, it probably should just be right
next to where it will end up.

>>The easiest workaround (and preferred method of working anyway), is to
>>use a revision library.
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>Yes.
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John
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