On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Jerome Warnier wrote: > For files from packages, though, deduplication might be a good idea, as > dpkg is supposedly the only one to ever modify the files (under /usr for > example). > I don't know however how dpkg treats hardlinks. Does it "break" the > hardlink before replacing a file or does it replace the file whatever > its real nature is?
IIRC dpkg preserves hardlinks inside a binary package but I don't see how it could do the same across multiple binary packages. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
