Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:19:35 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump problems Message-ID: <200709101419.l8AEJZmD058242@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: <74423CD8-F9C1-454D-83BB-0114402C2CCC@jump-ing.de> References: <E1ISdQi-000GkC-4v@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> <20070904233246.GA2409@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> <E1ISnig-000Nbm-Ep@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> <043a01c7f202$a7ad0920$f7071b60$@co.uk> <E1IU10R-000MRT-T8@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> <046801c7f229$a4534510$ecf9cf30$@co.uk> <E1IUcXc-000NdZ-LH@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> <E1IUePt-000P2R-RM@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> <74423CD8-F9C1-454D-83BB-0114402C2CCC@jump-ing.de>
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Markus Hitter wrote: > > Am 10.09.2007 um 10:14 schrieb Danny Braniss: > > > so here are some questions: > > - is the readers/writer split realy needed now? my guess it was > > put in in the old days to get tapes streaming - which is > > btw, > > what's not working. > > Before you put a lot of efforts into this: Why don't you just let > dump/restore die and put functionality, which is needed and unique to > dump, into tar? Bundling the kitchen sink has worried some since first cries of "Emacs = Bloat": Some believe. Some don't. Religious. > Tar is far more popular, today's world is > multiplatform, today's world is multi-filesystem and if you rewrite > dump, you force admins to rewrite their scripts anyways. > > I've always considered it as sub-optimal to have several tools for > one task. Depend if others agree one definition of task. I wouldnt merge dump & restor either. Principle of least suprise, Maintain portability of people & tools between the many flavours of Unix. -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com Ihr Rauch=mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs 4 snuff.
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