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Bug #362
closedmove xpg4 hardlinks to symlinks, and adjust packaging
Start date:
2010-10-21
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100%
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Description
xpg4 hard links in SUNWcsr was, in retrospect, a mistake. We should move these back to the xopen compatibility package, and use symbolic links instead of hard links.
Updated by Garrett D'Amore over 11 years ago
- Category set to cmd - userland programs
- Status changed from New to Resolved
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
Fixed in 13223:ea8e8bad6650
Updated by Roland Mainz over 11 years ago
xpg4 hard links in SUNWcsr was, in retrospect, a mistake.
Just curious: Why was this a mistake ?
Updated by Garrett D'Amore over 11 years ago
Answers:
a) xpg4 should be "optional", and not part of "core"
b) hardlinks break isaexec.
c) delivery of hardlinks across package boundaries is IMO poor practice.
Hopefully that helps.
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