Subject: Re: /usr/bin -- cross device link
From: Dan Stromberg (strombrg@nis.acs.uci.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 02 2001 - 11:50:53 CDT
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 03:07:58PM -0500, Sam TH wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 12:14:16PM +0200, Horvath Arpad wrote:
> > What can I do if I have the /usr/share directory in an another hard disk
> > as the /usr/bin.
> >
> >
> > (My computer write it:
> >
> > [root@harp harp]# rpm -Uvh
> > /home/harp/ns/szamtech/RPM/abisuite-0.7.13-1-gtk-RH6.2.i386.rpm
> > abisuite ############unpacking of archive failed on
> > file /usr/bin/abiword: cpio: link failed - Invalid cross-device link
> > )
> >
> > It is RedHat 6.0 (is it a problem too?)
>
> AbiWord should work on Redhat 6.0. The problem you describe seems to
> be a problem with RPM (or cpio). I'm very confident that you can make
> cross-device symbolic links. You should try asking redhat, or filing
> a bug at bugzilla.redhat.com.
I believe symlinks can go across devices (filesystems), but hardlinks
can't.
-- Dan Stromberg UCI/NACS/DCS
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