On Tue, 6 Mar 2018, Todd Zullinger wrote:

... snip ...

> The git package uses hardlinks and includes some duplication of
> binaries precisely to avoid cross-directory hardlinks. That allows
> /usr/bin and /usr/libexec to be mounted on different file systems.

  i was about to point out that, in fact, the git-core package *does*
hardlink across directories (that is, /usr/bin/git has a ton of
hardlinks from /usr/libexec/git-core ...

> It's not all that common to do that, I'm sure.
>
> But rpmlint warns about such cross-directory hardlinks. While
> working on the git packaging I used the support in upstream git's
> Makefile (NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS):
>
>     https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/git/c/6ef5f1f7232
>
> That change was made in the master (rawhide) branch.  It
> will be part of Fedora 28.  It's not a change worth applying
> to other releases by itself, so I don't expect to see it
> pushed to the current Fedora 26/27 releases.

... ah, so the replacement of those cross-directory hardlinks with
symlinks will happen in F28, is that what you're saying?

rday
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