Re: RPM needs to go on a diet.

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote:

> tor, 17.02.2005 kl. 04.47 skrev Jeff Johnson:
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> > Kenneth Porter wrote:
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> > > --On Wednesday, February 16, 2005 1:27 PM +0200 Panu Matilainen 
> > > <pmatilai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > The kernel package runs hardlink on /lib/modules/*/build/ in %post to
> > > > save space on FC2 and FC3, that's what's taking so long when installing
> > > > and removing kernels.
> > > >        
> > > What does hardlink do? There appears to be no man page or other 
> > > documentation for it in kernel-utils.
> > >      
> > Hardlinks's identical files to save space.
> >    
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> Why are hardlinks chosen over symlinks here?

Because symlinks behave differently than files in vcertain contexts, 
hardlinks are always the same as files.

Look there's a really simple answer to hardlinks and rpm and more:

Choose a kernel, use that.

Chose another kernel, use that, get rid of previous.

With one (or very few) kernels installed, hardlink and rpm performance 
is a non-issue.

73 de Jeff