From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <7D233404-70D3-4A89-B311-EADB4503D43D@fastmail.fm> From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <32d9c93c2ea01194aa50b1b2546ec06d@kw.quanstro.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 12:04:20 +0100 References: <32ae739c22eb486931dd7bb207949f0e@swcp.com> <79c8278e45da12f71df95a90c8df246f@swcp.com> <5147DCD3-BD95-4D54-96B7-30DCA4D113DA@mit.edu> <32d9c93c2ea01194aa50b1b2546ec06d@kw.quanstro.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] Tvx update Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2bf69aa0-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 28 May 2010, at 11:34, erik quanstrom wrote: >> Anyway, what really stuck in my mind from Korn's post was his >> characterization of symbolic links as a "non local goto", and I got >> the impression from the "paper" that he was not enthusiastic about >> the >> idea in general, much less the implementations. > > and, the whole idea breaks down unless there is a single, > global namepace. Oh, good point. I remember having trouble with symlinks & chroots. I had several chroots in linux with scripts to set them up, & even symlinks from outside into the chroot (e.g. to make 32-bit home easily accessible from 64-bit home) were enough of a nuisance that I ended up substituting binds. OTOH I also have a vague memory of doing something clever with a symlink & a chroot, but I can't remember what now. > > - erik > -- Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. -- Alan Perlis