On Tue, 6 Mar 2018, Todd Zullinger wrote: ... snip ... > The git package uses hardlinks and includes some duplication of > binaries precisely to avoid cross-directory hardlinks. That allows > /usr/bin and /usr/libexec to be mounted on different file systems. i was about to point out that, in fact, the git-core package *does* hardlink across directories (that is, /usr/bin/git has a ton of hardlinks from /usr/libexec/git-core ... > It's not all that common to do that, I'm sure. > > But rpmlint warns about such cross-directory hardlinks. While > working on the git packaging I used the support in upstream git's > Makefile (NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS): > > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/git/c/6ef5f1f7232 > > That change was made in the master (rawhide) branch. It > will be part of Fedora 28. It's not a change worth applying > to other releases by itself, so I don't expect to see it > pushed to the current Fedora 26/27 releases. ... ah, so the replacement of those cross-directory hardlinks with symlinks will happen in F28, is that what you're saying? rday _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
