Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some newbie questions...

[Tom Lord]

    > From: Matthieu Moy <address@hidden>

    > > It appears to me that tla has hardcoded the
    > > exclude regexp and ignores the actual regexp(s) found in these files.
    > > Is this true, or am I just missing something?

    > Seems true, yes. Any arch specialist to confirm ? 

Part is hardcoded.   Unless there's an unnoticed bug -- you can
_extend_ the exclude set with your own regexps, but not override the
hardcoded part.


    > > 2) 
    > > I'm a little confused about the categorizations.  exclude, precious,
    > > junk, and backup all seem very similar to me

    > exclude = internal to arch. For example, {arch}/

More precisely, what you don't see from `inventory' unless you give
the --all flag.  Things you would normally ignore.  Kinda like "dot
files".

-t