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Re: hard linking libboost copyright files



On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 05:38:57AM +0000, Muhammad Yaaseen wrote:

> we see that the copyright for libboost debian packages are 2MB each and
> are all the same.  as per
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html section
> 12.5<https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html%20section%2012.5>
> we are not allowed to create symbolic links.  the doubt I have is whether
> I can hardlink these files and reduce the memory utilization.

This isn't really a legal question; as a practical matter, it is not
possible to ship cross-package hardlinks in .deb packages.

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