In article <49c8dcdb.90...@beeznest.net> you write: >Before the upgrade, the file is a hardlink (because I hardlinked it >manually), then it tries to upgrade the file/hardlink. Does it "break" >the hardlink* before upgrading the file or does it overwrite the >file/hardlink and all of its "siblings"? > >* because it knows it is supposed to be a plain file, and it no longer is.
Your language suggests that you don't understand how hard links work. A hard link to a file *is* a plain file. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link for some explanation. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Armed with "Valor": "Centurion" represents quality of Discipline, Honor, Integrity and Loyalty. Now you don't have to be a Caesar to concord the digital world while feeling safe and proud. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
