Re: Caldera installation - something Debian should learn
On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, David Starner wrote:
> R Garth Wood wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 ijr@po.cwru.edu wrote:
> >
> > > > you can tell if data has changed or not(In constant time).
> > > > therefore you only have to backup of changed data. that's good.
> > >
> > > How is this not possible with text configs? Instead of storing extra data in a
> > > database, you go and check the timestamp already contained in the filesystem of
> > > the textual config file. 99% of the time, the data's changed.
> >
> > NT guarantees an uptime up 99.9%. If you calculate that it isn't so good.
>
> What does that have to do with anything? Who cares if 1% of the time
> it's reread when it doesn't need to be? No hash function can be unique
> for all data (under the circumstances), so some of time the hash
> function will tell you it's the same when it's not. That's erroring the
> wrong way.
If you calc it i'll risk the odds.
> Anyway, a hash function can be storied in a file associated with the
> text files, if that's necessary.
Heh. It's almost a db now!
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