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

[Matthieu Moy]

martin f krafft <address@hidden> writes:

> also sprach Matthieu Moy <address@hidden> [2005.06.17.0041 +0200]:
>> More generally, temporary files should be created in a temporary
>> directory (/tmp or stg like $TEMPDIR).
>
> This will be difficult if hardlinks are involved.

No hardlink are involved by default AFAIK, but since the
,,new-pristine will be mv-ed to {arch}, and since that "mv" is
supposed to be atomic, it needs to be on the same partition anyway,
yes.

I've just sent a merge request to create the ,,new-pristine at the
tree root (will be on the devo branch in a few minutes).

The directory is only temporary so shouldn't disturb the user, but in
case something goes wrong and the directory is left in the way, I
think it's better to have it visible than hidden in the {arch}/
directory.

> Please respect my request (M-F-T) not to be CC'd on mailing list
> mail.

My mailer does, but the MFT had disapeared in John's email :-(

-- 
Matthieu