Re: links in a .deb
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 12:34:09PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> "Steve M. Robbins" <steven.robbins@videotron.ca> wrote:
> >True or False: a .deb may NOT contain hard links ?
>
> False. perl-base contains some, for instance.
Just be careful of how you do it.
Ideally they should only be for things within the same directory.
Remember, hard links cannot cross devices.
- brian.
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