Re: lintian -i file.changes error
On 16-Apr-2001 Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 09:59:50PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
>> > On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 08:06:02PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
>> > > > And note that hard links are forbidden by policy.
>> > >
>>
>> It is true that section 5.6 forbids hard links in a _source_ package,
>> but recall that we are talking about .deb files.
>
> Sorry, I'm wrong. It was only in source packages that they are
> forbidden.
>
However, as I stated in my reply when this came up on lintian -- hard links are
BAD. Symlinks were invented for a reason.
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