Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:31:57 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Paul Traina <pst@juniper.net>, core@FreeBSD.ORG, junichi@jp.freebsd.org, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wfd block major number reassignment from 24 to 1 Message-ID: <199802140031.QAA05465@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 13 Feb 1998 15:54:01 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.95.980213154930.23295L-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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> > > You certainly haven't expressed that. In fact, everything else you > > have said in this message directly contradicts that. I can only > > conclude that you're reading a different meaning into "persistence" > > than I am, and by inference a lot of other people. > > persistance means that using 'chmod' and 'chown' lasts across a reboot > or a unmount/remount. Correct. > I really don't like that idea. Sure. Don't chmod your devices. But please accept that while your preferences are perfectly valid, _so_are_other_peoples'_. We need to accomodate more than just your personal view of the ideal world. > what about new devices that pop up? > till you go do the chmod, what happens? This is where prototyping is necessary. > my scheme outlined in other mail (you are on committers right?) > also fails to deal with this.. Mine doesn't. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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