Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 19:08:31 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: dcs@newsguy.com (Daniel C. Sobral) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, dhw@whistle.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more modular rc/init/uninit system... Message-ID: <199902050308.TAA31969@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <36B98457.28E0CB39@newsguy.com> from "Daniel C. Sobral" at "Feb 4, 99 08:28:23 pm"
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Daniel C. Sobral writes: > > > 1) Links? That's awful. Configuration information should be put in a > > > FILE. > > > > Uh, we await your diffs to phkmalloc. Be sure to run them by Poul > > so he can reject them. 8-). > > I claim that's different, though not so confidently. The problem > with the "links" above is that the configuration information is the > *directory*, not the link by itself (as I have the vague impression > is the case you mention). The main reason a symlink is used is for speed, since almost every substantial program calls malloc(). Symlinks are much faster to read than opening a file and reading its contents. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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