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Re: please pull ppc64-2.6.git

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RKRussell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Date
Aug 29, 2005, 18:20 UTC
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<20050829192013.B20605@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
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<Pine.LNX.4.58.0508291057380.3243@g5.osdl.org>
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 11:02:38AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> The "objects/info/alternates" thing is an extension, which allows you to 
> have a partial object store, and point to the "rest of it", and still have 
> all the tools understand it and be able to parse the totality of it. So it 
> doesn't break or change old formats, it only allows a new one.

Ah, ok. I thought it was a new requirement, and I had visions of similar complaints about my repositories. Thanks for explaining the situation.

-- 
Russell King
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  1. Linus TorvaldsAug 29, 2005
  2. Russell KingAug 29, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsAug 29, 2005
  4. Russell KingAug 29, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2005
  6. Paul MackerrasAug 29, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsAug 30, 2005
  8. Christian MederAug 30, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2005
  10. Sergey VlasovAug 31, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2005

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