Keeping track of which installed packages happen to use hard links and which ones don't is kind of a pain in the rear. Hammer is the default file system for DragonFly right now; it will be hard for Hammer2 to be default if it requires the admin to second-guess what goes in /usr/pkg or /usr/local/ and so on.
I realize I'm complaining about a circumstance that hasn't happened yet. On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Steve O'Hara-Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jul 2011 09:50:23 -0400 > Justin Sherrill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We have the minor disadvantage that just because a system is DragonFly >> doesn't mean that we won't support hardlinks (i.e. a hammer1 or ufs >> filesystem), so it may be difficult for 3rd-party software to tell >> what the correct behavior is. > > I think it would be more a matter for the sysadmin not to put > things that need hard links on HAMMER2 filesystems. > > -- > Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays > C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun > The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see > You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/ >
