#13601: MacPorts doesn't respect hard links during install phase --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: julien.thewys@gmail.com | Owner: macports-tickets@lists.macosforge.org Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts base bugs Component: base | Version: 1.5.2 Resolution: | Keywords: tcl hard link --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by blb@macports.org): * cc: bryan@larsen.st (removed) * component: ports => base * summary: git-core hard link => MacPorts doesn't respect hard links during install phase * owner: mgrimes@macports.org => macports-tickets@lists.macosforge.org * milestone: Port Enhancements => MacPorts base bugs * keywords: => tcl hard link * type: enhancement => defect Comment: git-core does use hard links in the destroot, so the issue is actually with MacPorts base. It currently doesn't look for hard links when going from destroot to install, hence each file is then copied instead of hard linked. The question is how easy/difficult it would be to detect hard linked files in Tcl, since 'file type' appears to only return 'link' which is a symlink, and 'file' for hard links (since it looks like a file). -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/13601#comment:3> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS