Re: piecewise linking with linear space complexity

[Gary V. Vaughan]

On Jul 18, 2007, at 4:35 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Isidor Zeuner wrote on Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 04:32:07AM CEST:
> > You might be interested in my patch to reduce the space complexity  
> > for
> > piecewise linking. See https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?6104
>
> Thanks for the report and patch.  I agree that quadratic space
> complexity is undesirable, and outweighs spawning more rm processes
> (the linking itself is typically much more costly here).  We should
> however strive to remove each file exactly once (to facilitate RM=rm
> rather than RM='rm -f').
>
> I'm currently testing the patch below.  OK to apply (if it shows
> no problems)?

Since it is fixing a bug, then yes, as long as testing doesn't reveal
any regressions, please apply.

Cheers,
        Gary
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