Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:58:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>, Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.ORG>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <200207100358.g6A3w4D25814@arch20m.dellroad.org> In-Reply-To: <20020710033154.GD8625@dan.emsphone.com> "from Dan Nelson at Jul 9, 2002 10:31:54 pm"
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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 __________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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