From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: isofs unhide option: troubles with Wine
Date: 3 Jun 2002 11:40:31 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <adgd6v$1mq$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1023123957.8071.140.camel@jwhite> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206031204540.3833-100000@hawkeye.luckynet.adm>
Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206031204540.3833-100000@hawkeye.luckynet.adm>
By author: Thunder from the hill <thunder@ngforever.de>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Hi,
>
> On 3 Jun 2002, Jeremy White wrote:
> > possible rather than impossible. Question is - why was hide the default
> > and what was that decision based upon ?
>
> Supposedly, someone wanted it _really_ hidden. I can't currently think of
> another sane reason, I don't know if you can and it's just these
> headaches. However, what's the advantage in disappearing files?
>
> I suggest making them readable, but not listed.
>
No, I think that's a bad idea. Make them listed, but make it possible
to query the attribute flags.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-03 18:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-25 4:30 isofs unhide option: troubles with Wine Jeremy White
2002-05-25 13:46 ` Olaf Dietsche
2002-05-25 13:49 ` Jeremy White
2002-05-25 14:01 ` Joseph Mathewson
2002-05-25 14:23 ` Jeremy White
2002-06-10 3:12 ` Francois Gouget
2002-06-10 11:52 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-06-10 12:38 ` Guest section DW
2002-05-25 15:50 ` Alan Cox
2002-06-03 17:05 ` Jeremy White
2002-06-03 18:06 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-06-03 18:40 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2002-06-03 19:40 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-06-03 19:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-06-04 0:23 ` Alan Cox
2002-06-19 2:36 ` Jeremy White
2002-05-25 14:18 ` Ruth Ivimey-Cook
2002-05-25 14:25 ` Jeremy White
2002-05-25 19:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-05-25 19:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25 20:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-05-25 21:20 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-05-25 21:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-05-25 21:07 ` Lionel Bouton
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2002-05-25 17:04 Andries.Brouwer
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