Subject: Re: /usr/bin -- cross device link
From: Sam TH (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 02 2001 - 15:31:40 CDT
On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 09:50:53AM -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> 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.
This is true, but we shouldn't be installing any hard links.
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