Subject: Re: /usr/share NOT?
To: Nathan J Williams <nathanw@mit.edu>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@kuma.web.net>
List: current-users
Date: 04/23/1996 01:09:33
[ On Mon, April 22, 1996 at 12:51:13 (-0400), Nathan J. Williams wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: /usr/share NOT?
>
> 	Really? Which byte-order-dependant file does vi depend on? vi
> on the sun3 works just fine with the i386 /usr/share.

Are *.db files (hash files) byte-order independent?

Also, it is mandatory that /usr/share (and sometimes /usr too) be
mounted read-only, esp. when shared with NFS.  Does this cause any
problems with the likes of vi, etc.?

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