Arthur Pemberton wrote:
On 8/2/07, Ralf Ertzinger <fedora camperquake de> wrote:Hi. On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:53:43 +0300, Jonathan Dieter wrote:The main problem with using cpio is that individual files have a limit of 2GB (which isn't a problem in most cases, but it is a limit). Why not push a newer cpio format that changes all 16-bit and 32-bit records to 64-bit (along with specifying endienness)?What exactly is the use case of files larger than 2GB wrt RPM? I just do not see the need for this.Seems like computer history has taught us that this is a bad reason to not extend something.
Exactly! Did you ever wonder what unix would have been like if it only supported the operations where Ken Thompson had been given a use case?
"Rule of Extensibility: Design for the future, because it will be here sooner than you think"
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