[PATCH] mtree should not output size if the file is not a regular file

Dag-Erling Smørgrav des at des.no
Mon Sep 9 21:40:33 UTC 2013


Xin Li <delphij at delphij.net> writes:
> I think it doesn't make sense to emit size information for non-regular
> files like directories, symlinks, etc. although both our and NetBSD's
> mtree would emit it.

I agree.  The size of a directory will vary from filesystem to
filesystem, while the size of a symlink is simply the length of its
target.  There is no need for it, and in the case of a directory,
including it causes spurious diffs between mtree descriptions of
identical trees on different systems.

DES
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