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Re: when to rebase?


On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 11:25:21AM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote:
>Thomas L Roche wrote:
>> 
>> Christopher Faylor Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:41:45 -0500 -----
>> > I run rebaseall on all of my systems.
>> 
>> When? After every install? Periodically? Only on weirdness?
>> 
>> Is this just CYA, or is it UG- or FAQ-worthy? (Note that searching
>> either's big-HTML versions for 'rebas' fails.)
>
>It should only be necessary if you get an "Unable to map..." error, as
>far as I can tell.

Actually, it should provide a performance boost regardless of whether
you get that error or not.

cgf

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