Package: lintian Version: 1.23.14 Severity: normal While working on a new version of sql-ledger we decided to use hardlinks (and not symlinks) between several files inside /usr/lib/sql-ledger/. The upstream author prefers hardlinks over symlinks because they are better handled by suexec. And since this is a web-app, it's a legitimate concern.
I believe that there's no risk that directories below /usr/lib/sql-ledger/ will be mounted on separate partitions, thus this can be done without problems. IMHO, the warning shouldn't be emitted if the hardlinked files are (both) below /usr/lib/<package> or /usr/share/<package>. For reference, here's the warning that I'm referring to. W: sql-ledger: package-contains-hardlink usr/lib/sql-ledger/bin/mozilla/admin.pl -> usr/lib/sql-ledger/bin/lynx/admin.pl N: N: The package contains a hardlink in /etc or across different N: directories. This might not work at all if directories are on N: different filesystems (which can happen anytime as the system N: administrator sees fit), certain filesystems such as AFS don't even N: support cross-directory hardlinks at all. N: N: For configuration files, certain editors might break hardlinks, and so N: does dpkg in certain cases. N: N: A better solution might be using symlinks here. N: -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-10-386 Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.16.1cvs20051214-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii diffstat 1.41-1 produces graph of changes introduc ii dpkg-dev 1.13.11.1 package building tools for Debian ii file 4.15-2 Determines file type using "magic" ii gettext 0.14.5-2 GNU Internationalization utilities ii intltool-debian 0.34.1+20050828 Help i18n of RFC822 compliant conf ii libparse-debianchang 1.0-1 parse Debian changelogs and output ii man-db 2.4.3-3 The on-line manual pager ii perl [libdigest-md5- 5.8.7-10 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction lintian recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
