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[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

G T Smith wrote:
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> James Knott wrote:
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> > 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...
> > >
> > > 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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> 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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Where were those hard links?  As I mentioned in another note, there are 
some directories that cannot be moved, as they're required at boot up, 
but I'd be suprised if anything under /usr would have problems.


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