From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:56:04 GMT
Subject: Re: comparing file contents in is_exact_match?
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0607171055230.15611@evo.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0607171804030.29667@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>


On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> So we could introduce a second mmap() which is normally the same as 
> mmap(), except for windows, where it is a rename() and unlink() safe 
> version of mmap() by reading the thing into RAM. Not very pretty.

Well, not too ugly either.

Imagine having a "map_packfile()" interface, and letting different targets 
just implement their own version. That doesn't sound too bad, does it?

		Linus