From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 16:40:15 GMT
Subject: Re: Cross-directory hard links
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.00.0905111738440.7187@hermes-2.csi.cam.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20090511T101424-212@post.gmane.org>

On Mon, 11 May 2009, Cedric Staniewski wrote:
>
> The problem only occurs on systems where git's bin and lib directories will be
> installed on different file systems, e.g. if /usr and /usr/lib are different
> mount points.

Some filesystems (a.g. AFS) do not support cross-directory hardlinks
even when they are under the same mount point.

Tony.
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