-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Friday 2007-05-18 at 20:44 +0100, G T Smith wrote: > >> The hardlinks were to libraries in /usr/lib from somewhere else or vice >> versa I cannot remember precisely which.. Took out OpenOffice which was >> an unpleasant surprise at the time... I cannot remember precisely which >> libraries were involved but as usual for these things I discovered the >> problem when I needed to use OpenOffice in a hurry. It only took 10 to >> 15 minutes to diagnose and fix but it was a bloody nuisance at the time. >> I not entirely certain whether there are not any other broken links >> created by this move, but I will probably find out the hard way *sigh* > >> Next time I do this I will make sure that I check for such linkages >> before I move structures to new partitions...:-) > > > Mmmm... The "/usr" directory is a typical one to have on a separate > partition, and in that case there can't be hardlinks from outside. If some > programs requires hardlinks, it is a bug. >
Probably not, I do remember that the directories concerned were originally on the same partition, ln by default creates hardlinks. Shuffling key system directories around different partitions is not really a normal activity and one cannot really expect those who setup configurations to take account every slightly loopy activity of the user community ;-) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGTi30asN0sSnLmgIRAkxGAJ9jBMu3WCN4Rh8dEdikuZ7AMQGy1ACeMEnr x7gbFGR+fKuOkLqZI23L934= =6tg8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
