"findunref"'s exception_list and deleted files... / was:Re:[ksh93-integration-discuss]Re:[osol-code]Roundtwo:((pre-)pre-review)ksh93-integrationwebrev2007-02-02

[Roland Mainz]

April Chin wrote:
> > Peter Memishian wrote:
[snip]
> > > There's no precedent for doing that, nor do I think it's all that useful
> > > given that deleted_files gets purged at the end of each release train.
> >
> > Do you mean that the files will not longer accessible even within Sun ?
> 
> By purged, Peter means that the gate for the next release will not
> carry over the deleted_files/ from the current release.
> The deleted_files/ from this release will still be around if one
> goes back to look at the old release gate.
> 
> So potentially, as time goes on, the ksh93 deleted_files listed in
> usr/src/lib/libshell/misc/filelist.txt could be scattered
> among different release gates, if more unreferenced files get
> added to the original AT&T source.

Mhhh... fun... ;-(
... what would be your preferred choice - delete the files before the
putback or do the two-stage putback (e.g. first commit all files, then
do a 2nd commit to remove the unreferenced ones) ?

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Bye,
Roland

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