-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 James Knott wrote: > Carlos E. R. wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> The Friday 2007-05-18 at 13:42 +0100, Francesco Scaglioni wrote: >> >> >>> I have free space under /usr/local (separate partition). Is >>> it possible to copy /usr/lib and /usr/lib across to >>> /usr/local and then symlink them back on a live system >>> without breaking it? >>> >> >> Er... >> >> You should not move files somewhere under /usr to the corresponding >> somewhere under /usr/local; ie, not to places under "/usr/local" that >> the systems searchs for programs and files, because those files are >> probably compiled to be installed under /usr. Maybe I'm confusing you. >> >> > > As long as he moves the entire directory and symlinks to the new > location, what's the problem? > >
If moving to a new partition be careful. There are some hardlinks in the structure and I have been caught out by broken links after doing a similar move.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGTcvEasN0sSnLmgIRAhXDAJ0UUX3NSKFUR+/lQF148hCoRygDlQCgxPjm 2SWWyk2XiB/y+hm93J8vtwM= =z2Na -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
