Re: [PATCH] Fix -save-temps from clobbering input file@apple.com

[Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>]

degger@fhm.edu wrote:
> 
> On 30 Oct, Stan Shebs wrote:
> 
> > I'm assuming Mac OS X,
> 
> I thought so because I've never seen a gcc for MacOS 9 around.

I ported GCC to Macs years ago, for MPW, thus the various "mpw"
files lurking in the darker corners of GNU.

> > but the UFS filesystem is not the default
> > install, and it's said to have poorer performance than HFS+, so we
> > don't normally want people to set up their systems that way.
> 
> Ugh, so Apple introduces a new filesystem but recommends the old
> inferior one because they couldn't improve it enough to provide
> an equal speed? This sound remarkable halfbaked to me.....

I think I confused you.  UFS is the Unix filesystem, basically
inherited from BSD, and HFS+ is the Mac filesystem, inherited
from MacOS 8/9 etc.  HFS+ is Mac-compatible and faster, UFS is
Unix-compatible and slower.  Apple recommends the use of HFS+,
but you can create UFS partitions on your disk if you don't
mind pre-OS X Mac apps being unable to see them.

Stan