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[G T Smith <grahamsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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James Knott wrote:
> 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?
>>>     
>>
>> Er...
>>
>> 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?
> 
> 

If moving to a new partition be careful. There are some hardlinks in the
structure and I have been caught out by broken links after doing a
similar move..


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