Russ Allbery wrote: > Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> writes: >> Package: lintian >> Version: 1.23.28 >> Severity: wishlist > >> lintian could check for identical binaries without the use of a symlink or >> hard link. For examples of what this should catch, see bugs 382724, 382728, >> and 382730. > > It's not immediately clear to me that this is a bug. It saves a small > amount of space to link the binaries, but when the binaries are small, > it's not immediately obvious that deviation from upstream practice is > worth it. Well, as with other fixes in Debian packages, the fix could go upstream. The idea seems generally useful: if you want to install two identical binaries, install all but one using "ln". - Josh Triplett
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