Re: CVS commit: basesrc

[Simon Burge <simonb%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Jason R Thorpe wrote:

> 
> Module Name:  basesrc
> Committed By: thorpej
> Date:         Tue Mar 21 02:15:25 UTC 2000
> 
> Modified Files:
> 
>       basesrc/bin/pax: tables.c tables.h
> 
> Log Message:
> 
> Use an in-core stack for directory permissions rather than a temporary
> file.  The temporary file code can be reenabled by building with
> -DDIRS_USE_FILE.

Is it worth keeping this option as a command line argument instead of a
compile-time switch, ala the patch I sent to current-users a few weeks
ago?  As I said in that message:

> I'm relucatant to just throw away the temporary disk file altogether
> since there's a comment in tables.c saying:
> 
>       * ... The
>       * goal was speed and the ability to work with HUGE archives.

Simon.