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Date:      Fri, 13 Feb 1998 20:27:59 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Working (apparently) soft-update code available.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980213202731.4456T-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980213144636.23295C-100000@current1.whistle.com>

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On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Julian Elischer wrote:

> 
> look in:
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/softupdates4.tgz
> 
> first extract the README and read it before extracting everything.
> this should patch cleanly against last night's -current.

Julian, is this safe for an SMP system?

> 
> try a make world before and after..
> particularly,
> make /var/tmp and/or /usr/obj use softupdates.
> 
> for a real laugh, try timing deletion of a large directory hierarchy..
> 
> enjoy..
> 
> courtesy of:
> Kirk Mckusick
> John Dyson,
> Whistle Communications. (Julian Terry and Archie)
> 
> this at least should put an end to the 
> "ext2fs is faster" arguments, even if they are based on apple/oranges
> comparisons. :-)
> 
> 
> julian
> 
> 
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