Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:03:13 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: initramfs buffer spec -- second draft |
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Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > Encoding the numeric fields in ASCII/hex is a goofy wart on an otherwise nice > design. What is the compelling reason? Bytesex isn't it: we should just > pick one or the other and stick with it as we do in Ext2. > > Why don't we fix cpio to write a consistent bytesex? >
Because we want to use existing tools. It's a wart, but not compelling enough of one to rewrite the tools from scratch. (I would also change the EOA marker from "TRAILER!!!" to "" since a null filename would not interfere with the namespace.)
I don't think think this application alone is enough to add Yet Another Version of CPIO. However, if there are more compelling reasons to do so for CPIO backup reasons itself I guess we could write it up and add it to GNU cpio as "linux" format...
-hpa
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