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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-14 13:42:30 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-14 13:42:30 +0000 |
commit | 75808db17caf8b960b351e3408e74142f4c85aac (patch) | |
tree | 7989e9c09a4240248bf4658a22208a0a52d991c4 /tags/p/package-contains-hardlink.tag | |
parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 2.117.0.upstream/2.117.0upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/tags/p/package-contains-hardlink.tag b/tags/p/package-contains-hardlink.tag new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5539e58 --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/p/package-contains-hardlink.tag @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Tag: package-contains-hardlink +Severity: warning +Check: files/hard-links +Explanation: The package contains a hardlink in <code>/etc</code> or across different + directories. This might not work at all if directories are on different + filesystems (which can happen anytime as the system administrator sees fit), + certain filesystems such as AFS don't even support cross-directory hardlinks + at all. + . + For configuration files, certain editors might break hardlinks, and so + does dpkg in certain cases. + . + A better solution might be using symlinks here. +See-Also: debian-policy 10.7.3 |