On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > So we could introduce a second mmap() which is normally the same as > mmap(), except for windows, where it is a rename() and unlink() safe > version of mmap() by reading the thing into RAM. Not very pretty. Well, not too ugly either. Imagine having a "map_packfile()" interface, and letting different targets just implement their own version. That doesn't sound too bad, does it? Linus - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html