This is a known behavior, and there is a workaround for it: https ://pbuilder-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html#avoiding-the-ln- invalid-cross-device-link-message
Closing. ** Package changed: ubuntu-dev-tools (Ubuntu) => pbuilder (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: pbuilder (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Summary changed: - pbuilder-dist fails (to create hardlink) when /home and /var mounted on different physical discs + pbuilder fails (to create hardlink) when /home and /var mounted on different physical discs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1408594 Title: pbuilder fails (to create hardlink) when /home and /var mounted on different physical discs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pbuilder/+bug/1408594/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs