Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: undelete? | Date | Sun, 27 Jul 1997 01:16:25 -0400 (EDT) |
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> > Indeed, this creates need for a 'de-fragmentation-tool' for Linux. I tried > > defrag-0.6, but it simply crashed (I know that ext2 doesn't want to > > fragment...) > Last I tried to recompile defrag-0.6, it didn't like the vaguely-modern > kernel includes...I think I sent the ext2 Lord High Guru and Fixer some > email, but never got anything back. *shrug* Anyway, I didn't see a > binary at the time, but the compile errors were about struct members > that went away, so I'm not surprised that your binary fell to software > rot...
Hmmm...I think Ted T'so has indicated in the past what the necessary fixes are. I seem to recall he even responded to an e-mail of mine, and explained what needed to be done [which I've completely forgotten].
Ted has been great to me, and only blown-up once at me [which he apologized for, and explained himself]. He's done so much for Linux, and _IS_ doing so much for Linux (it seems hard to find much code around that he's not touched). I'm not surprised that maintaining a mostly unused package like defrag is low on his priority list.
Some drawbacks of being a guru, so I've heard, is that you get to answer the same questions and deal with the same complaints 10,000 times. Even Mother Theresa might want to pick up an Uzi at that point.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca
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