Re: use of fdupes in build process

On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 12:12:16AM -0700, L A Walsh wrote:

I noticed in 1 rpm, there was a comment next to an %fdupes line -- which I guess is a macro(?) saying:

# Hardlink duplicate files %fdupes ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}

Aside, this is also not the correct way to run this macro at all. It's intended only for specific subdirectories, like for example to deduplicate some manpage directory or for header file deduplication. Never run this with for something like /usr/bin or other executables. You may end up with something you did not expect. - Adam