Re: [PATCH 5/5] Changed argp parsing policy

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:09:04AM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > OBJS = main.o node.o lnode.o ulfs.o ncache.o netfs.o \ > - lib.o options.o pattern.o stow.o update.o > + lib.o options.o pattern.o stow.o update.o unionmount.o "unionmount" is not a good name for a file, when the w

Re: [PATCH 3/5] Made unionmount always include the underlying node

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:03:16AM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > @@ -90,6 +96,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) >if (err) > error (EXIT_FAILURE, err, "failed to initialize root node"); > > + ulfs_check (); > + >/* Map the time, used for updating node information. */ >err =

Re: [PATCH 2/5] Updated the Makefile (unionfs -> unionmount)

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:31:54PM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > -# Hurd unionfs > -# Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > -# Written by Jeroen Dekkers . > +# Hurd unionmount > +# > +# Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009 Free Software Foundation, > +# I

Re: [PATCH 0/5] Change unionfs argument handling policy

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 08:48:56PM +0200, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > In the end, how much code will be shared between unionfs and > unionmount? Would it perhaps make sense -- in the long term, need not > be right now -- to transfer the guts of unionfs into a library that > can then be shared be

Re: [PATCH 1/5] unionfs now builds successfully

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:31:49PM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > +# Get the information from under /usr. > +prefix = /usr/ Do NOT hardcode the prefix -- it is a variable for a reason! The user can change it by setting the environment variable. (For that same reason, the title of the patch is

Re: Hurd Mission Statement

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:37:19PM +0200, Alessandro Mosca wrote: > > The mission of the Hurd project is: to create a general-purpose > > kernel .. > > i guess there's something missing in it_ > > i would say: "a modern general-purpose multiserver microkernel os.." I intentionally left

Re: [PATCH 5/5] Changed argp parsing policy

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:18:02AM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > I could have never supposed that a diff could possibly contain such > lines... I just didn't look over my patch at all initially... Please *always* look through your patches. It's a good policy to look through the diffs before

Re: Hurd Mission Statement

2009-06-03 Thread Alessandro Mosca
hi, > The mission of the Hurd project is: to create a general-purpose > kernel .. i guess there's something missing in it_ i would say: "a modern general-purpose multiserver microkernel os.." the 'modern' part of it means the will to create the sound system, usb / wifi stacks, >128Gb disk I

Re: [PATCH 4/5] Removed the ``add'' and ``remove'' options

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:08:06AM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > -case OPT_ADD:/* --add */ > - ulfs_mode = ULFS_MODE_ADD; > - break; > - > -case OPT_REMOVE: /* --remove */ > - ulfs_mode = ULFS_MODE_REMOVE; > - break; > - You removed the option

Re: [PATCH 1/5] unionfs now builds successfully

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:00:30AM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > >From 6f3e628fa4e90ed1316b2919b2d1a7ea08986b4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Sergiu Ivanov > Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 19:19:23 +0300 > Subject: [PATCH] Update Makefile to make unionfs build. I wonder, is it useful to include

Re: Hurd Mission Statement

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 01:08:51AM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > On Wednesday, 27. May 2009 16:45:52 Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > I hope the niches discussion was useful nontheless. Definitely! It helped me a lot in getting a clearer picture of these things. > The only part I am not perf

Re: [PATCH 5/5] Changed argp parsing policy

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:09:04AM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > +/*---*/ > +#include "unionmount.h" > +/*---*/ > + > +/*

Re: [PATCH 0/5] Change unionfs argument handling policy

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:31:45PM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > I'm posting a series of patches which bring unionfs to an intermediate > stage on its road towards unionmount: A generic remark here: Try to post a patch series as a single thread. git format-patch has some features that are s

Re: [PATCH 5/5] Changed argp parsing policy

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:27:33PM +0200, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > This is not really that important here (and the same applies to my other > nit-picking by the way -- but you chose to be with those picky Hurd > people, didn't you?), but as a guideline for forthcoming situations, and > to mak

Re: Initial target(s) for libmob

2009-06-03 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 04:18:55PM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 06:44:59PM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net > wrote: > I was going to refute your suggestion of ioctl handlers, but in > arguing about it back and forth with myself, I ended up agreeing with > you. ;

Re: A GNU/Hurd Roadmap dream

2009-06-03 Thread Sergiu Ivanov
Hello, On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > I just dreamed of a Roadmap the Hurd might have - a Roadmap which would be the > perfect Roadmap for making the Hurd useful for me. Could you please dream *how* to solve the major drawbacks in Hurd and to make it mainstream?

Re: A GNU/Hurd Roadmap dream

2009-06-03 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Hi Michael, On Wednesday, 3. June 2009 00:23:50 Michael Banck wrote: > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 10:22:45PM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > > This is the Roadmap I dreamt of: > > Sorry, but this is a wishlist, not a roadmap. Or a dream :) The difference from a pure wishlist is that there's