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[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> The Friday 2007-05-18 at 13:42 +0100, Francesco Scaglioni wrote:
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> > I have free space under /usr/local (separate partition).  Is
> > it possible to copy /usr/lib and /usr/lib across to
> > /usr/local and then symlink them back on a live system
> > without breaking it?
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> Er...
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> You should not move files somewhere under /usr to the 
> corresponding somewhere under /usr/local; ie, not to places under 
> "/usr/local" that the systems searchs for programs and files, because 
> those files are probably compiled to be installed under /usr. Maybe I'm 
> confusing you.
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>   

As long as he moves the entire directory and symlinks to the new 
location, what's the problem?


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