Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mar 2, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > | On Mar 1, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > | > Don't use `ln' (which was just a space optimization anyway)
> > | A worthwhile optimization, IMO.
> > Worthwhile? Why?
> Because then `make dist' is much faster.
I also remember that the packager of the X distribution once wrote me,
asking for a modification in `tar' meant only for him to be able to prepare a
distribution without copying all the files, which represented a big penalty
for him in space and speed. I complied, because he convinced me he had
a real problem. I'm not really willing to start an argument about this,
but I want to bring to your attention that real large packages might take
good advantage of the optimisation, if available.
--
François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard
