Bug#22935: PROPOSED] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles
On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 10:30:07AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> Ah, I see what you're saying. You're talking about the case where the
> package actually *contains* the hard link, rather than, say, making it
> in the post-inst. Yes, that will definitely break badly.
>
> In that case, I suggest changing the first line of the proposal from:
>
> A package may not make hard links to conffiles.
>
> to:
>
> A package may not contain hard links to conffiles.
I think we'll say both ;-)
Julian
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