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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
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Subject: Re: Package system flaws?
In-Reply-To: <20020710033154.GD8625@dan.emsphone.com> "from Dan Nelson at Jul
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To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:58:04 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>,
	Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.ORG>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>,
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Dan Nelson writes:
> > tar has a limitation which I've encountered: suppose you have a port
> > that installs a man page with lots of references (i.e., hard linked
> > files with different names with a single underlying file). Then in
> > tar format, you get the same file copied N times. If we used cpio
> > instead (for example) then it "knows" how to handle hard links.
> 
> Tar handles hardlinks just fine.

Oops, you're right... don't know how I got that idea in my head.
OK me shut up now :-)

-Archie

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