From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mjt@nysv.org Markus =?unknown-8bit?q?T=F6rnqvist?= Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:19:54 +0300 Message-ID: <20040827091954.GZ1284@nysv.org> References: <20040825200859.GA16345@lst.de> <20040825204240.GI21964@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040825212518.GK21964@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040826001152.GB23423@mail.shareable.org> <20040826003055.GO21964@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040826010049.GA24731@mail.shareable.org> <412DA40B.5040806@namesys.com> <20040826183532.GP1501@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040826183532.GP1501@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Hans Reiser , Jamie Lokier , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Linus Torvalds , Christoph Hellwig , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:35:32AM -0700, Joel Becker wrote: > Question: Is "cat /foo/bar/baz.tar.gz/metas" the attribute >directory or a directory in the tarball named "metas"? This has been fought over on the reiserfs-list ad nauseaum, but it's a valid point. That's why I tend to rename metas/ into ..metas/ to avoid name clashes, even if I've never had a directory named metas/ apart from what Reiser4 ships. It is then debatable if it should be renamed before it's too late, have it renamable in the kernel configs (and the name exported via /sys or something) or just leave it be. -- mjt From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266085AbUH0Jdh (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 05:33:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269382AbUH0JZD (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 05:25:03 -0400 Received: from nysv.org ([213.157.66.145]:19610 "EHLO nysv.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269386AbUH0JVk (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 05:21:40 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:19:54 +0300 To: Hans Reiser , Jamie Lokier , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Linus Torvalds , Christoph Hellwig , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Message-ID: <20040827091954.GZ1284@nysv.org> References: <20040825200859.GA16345@lst.de> <20040825204240.GI21964@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040825212518.GK21964@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040826001152.GB23423@mail.shareable.org> <20040826003055.GO21964@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040826010049.GA24731@mail.shareable.org> <412DA40B.5040806@namesys.com> <20040826183532.GP1501@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040826183532.GP1501@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i From: mjt@nysv.org (Markus =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=20T=F6rnqvist?=) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:35:32AM -0700, Joel Becker wrote: > Question: Is "cat /foo/bar/baz.tar.gz/metas" the attribute >directory or a directory in the tarball named "metas"? This has been fought over on the reiserfs-list ad nauseaum, but it's a valid point. That's why I tend to rename metas/ into ..metas/ to avoid name clashes, even if I've never had a directory named metas/ apart from what Reiser4 ships. It is then debatable if it should be renamed before it's too late, have it renamable in the kernel configs (and the name exported via /sys or something) or just leave it be. -- mjt