It could cause dataloss across filesystems. The reporter in question used it across chroots and symlinks and filesystems and it caused problems with /lib on his main fs. For an average use case, like deduplicating photos or music on a single filesystem, this is not an issue, and hardlinks are very desirable.
A newer hardlinks patch set was posted at <http://code.google.com/p/fdupes/issues/detail?id=8#c5>, but it has sat there for almost two years. It'd be very nice to have this feature back. There's another Debian bug about this feature's being re-added: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=284274 ** Bug watch added: code.google.com/p/fdupes/issues #8 http://code.google.com/p/fdupes/issues/detail?id=8 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #284274 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=284274 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1128428 Title: linkhard option disappeared again To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fdupes/+bug/1128428/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
