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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Upcoming release of 1.2.2rc1
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Robert Anderson |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Upcoming release of 1.2.2rc1 |
Date: |
Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:22:21 -0500 |
--- Original Message ---
From: address@hidden (James Blackwell)
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Upcoming release of 1.2.2rc1
>> On Monday 30 August 2004 17.00, Aaron Bentley wrote:
>>
>>> > 2. The tag boundary detection code has illuminated some long
>>> > term tla misbehavior that nobody seemed aware of. As such,
>>> > panicing was too strong a step to take, and the panic has been
>>> > reduced to a warning.
>>>
>>> That warning should not happen at all if the tag isn't really
>>> being truncated. I believe that was Duffy's case?
>>>
>>> And maybe the warning belongs in tree-lint, rather than the main
>>> inventory.
>>
>
>Robin Farine wrote:
>> Why is it a problem at all when an embedded file id crosses
the 1K
>> boundary ? I thought it was just a limit to _search_ for an
id. Can
>> someone comment on this ?
>
>Its a problem because you thought the tag was "this is my tag",
but tla
>thinks the tag is "this is". Imagine the resulting mess when you
try and
>add tag that happens to be "this is".
I think you're missing the point.
Why not just search for the tag _start_ in the 1st 1k, and then
_use the whole tag_ even if it crosses the 1k boundary?
Bob
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Upcoming release of 1.2.2rc1, Jani Monoses, 2004/08/30
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Upcoming release of 1.2.2rc1,
Robert Anderson <=
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Upcoming release of 1.2.2rc1, Robert Anderson, 2004/08/30
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Upcoming release of 1.2.2rc1, Robert Anderson, 2004/08/30