[OpenAFS] replacement for depot?

[Brandon Allbery]

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On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Jason Edgecombe <jason@rampaginggeek.com>wrote:

> I read about GNU stow, but I didn't see it as a drop-in replacement. I
> didn't see an option to only make links for certain folders (i.e. only
> symlink /opt/site/{foo,bar}/bin/* to /opt/site/bin)
>

My impression is that (a) this is a lot of work on depot's part (a little
less if you build a filesystem image, but even then it has to check for
conflicts with other collections) for a relatively small benefit; (b)
modern disks make most of that benefit not of much use in the modern world.
 You can probably still do it with the right setup, but it should be
reserved for things that actually require it (for example, Cadence changes
its behavior to be more AFS-friendly but only if it detects that it is
living in AFS, so you really do need to symlink the entire tree).

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<div dir=3D"ltr">On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Jason Edgecombe <span dir=
=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jason@rampaginggeek.com" target=3D"_blank">j=
ason@rampaginggeek.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
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<div class=3D"im">I read about GNU stow, but I didn&#39;t see it as a drop-=
in replacement. I didn&#39;t see an option to only make links for certain f=
olders (i.e. only symlink /opt/site/{foo,bar}/bin/* to /opt/site/bin)</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>My impression is that (a) this is a lot of=
 work on depot&#39;s part (a little less if you build a filesystem image, b=
ut even then it has to check for conflicts with other collections) for a re=
latively small benefit; (b) modern disks make most of that benefit not of m=
uch use in the modern world. =C2=A0You can probably still do it with the ri=
ght setup, but it should be reserved for things that actually require it (f=
or example, Cadence changes its behavior to be more AFS-friendly but only i=
f it detects that it is living in AFS, so you really do need to symlink the=
 entire tree).</div>
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