https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304167#c1 --- Comment #1 from Jarl Gjessing 2007-08-24 02:22:03 MST --- The error was: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/profile.d/mc.sh;46ceb0f9: cpio: link failed - Invalid cross-device link --- error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/profile.d/mc.sh;46ceb0f8: cpio: link failed - Invalid cross-device link 2007-08-24 12:20:40 mc-4.6.1-122.i586.rpm install failed rpm output: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/profile.d/mc.sh;46ceb0f8: cpio: link failed - Invalid cross-device link 2007-08-24 12:20:41 mc-4.6.1-122.i586.rpm install failed rpm output: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/profile.d/mc.sh;46ceb0f9: cpio: link failed - Invalid cross-device link -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304167#c2 --- Comment #2 from Ladislav Michnovič 2007-08-24 08:22:34 MST --- I am unable to reproduce. Where did you see this message? During installation? Can you reproduce it using rpm command in console? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304167#c4 Christian Boltz changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |suse-beta@cboltz.de --- Comment #4 from Christian Boltz 2007-08-25 12:25:21 MST --- What about always using symlinks instead of hardlinks? This would solve the problem. Sidenote: In opensuse-packaging, you proposed to use %fdupes $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr %fdupes $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/srv I don't think this solves the problem - don't even try to assume that two directories are on the same partiton. Example: I have /var/log, /var/lock and /var/run on my / partition, the other directories in /var/ are symlinked to my (encrypted) home partition. (Yes, this might be unusual, but it's a real-world example ;-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304167#c6 --- Comment #6 from Vladimir Nadvornik 2007-08-27 02:57:41 MST --- (In reply to comment #4 from Christian Boltz)

What about always using symlinks instead of hardlinks? This would solve the problem.

Not completely. Neither a symlink from a configuration file in /etc to a configuration example in /usr nor the other way around does not make really sense.

I don't think this solves the problem - don't even try to assume that two directories are on the same partiton.

IMHO fdupes makes sense on read-only files, i. e. on /usr. I can't think of any reason why /usr should not be on single partition. Linking files in /var, which are empty at the beginning and are supposed to grow over time is a bug. Thus I would skip directories like /etc and /var completely. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304167#c8 Vladimir Nadvornik changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|nadvornik@novell.com |dmueller@novell.com --- Comment #8 from Vladimir Nadvornik 2007-08-28 09:06:51 MST --- I have fixed it in mc. Other option for generic fix would be to leave the %fdupes macro as is and detect possible problems with rpmlint. It would not be limited only to fdupes, but it could detect all {hard|sym}link problems. Dirk, what do you think? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304167#c10 Vladimir Nadvornik changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |nadvornik@novell.com --- Comment #10 from Vladimir Nadvornik 2007-08-29 09:23:50 MST --- OK, my proposal for rpmlint check: hardlinks across top level directories - error hardlinks across directories - warning hardlinks between %config files - error symlink "config file" -> "non-config file" - warning -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304167#c12 Michael Schröder changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|mls@novell.com |dmueller@novell.com --- Comment #12 from Michael Schröder 2007-08-30 07:58:34 MST --- No, it's a bug in fdupes. it must not link across possible partitions. (I don't dare to touch that part of rpm.) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304167#c14 Christoph Thiel changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|cthiel@novell.com | --- Comment #14 from Christoph Thiel 2007-08-30 09:05:43 MST --- Let's do it -- but only in BETA first. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304167#c16 Petr Gajdos changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |pgajdos@novell.com --- Comment #16 from Petr Gajdos 2007-09-03 03:43:56 MST --- I have two files with same contents (not hardlinked) in certain package on two partitions and I got hardlink-across-partition. In this case, it is duplicate file that can and will be symlinked. But is it right in every case? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.