GoboLinux's recipe for delicious package management (Linux.com)

GoboLinux's recipe for delicious package management (Linux.com)

Posted Feb 17, 2007 1:56 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: GoboLinux's recipe for delicious package management (Linux.com) by thedevil
Parent article: GoboLinux's recipe for delicious package management (Linux.com)

Well, it's because it has to readdir() every directory in the system. I
have a tiny patch that makes stow use the d_type info, so that at least it
doesn't have to stat() everything as well. But still it blows the cache,
yes. (That's why you can -D / -R several things at once.)

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