#218 closed defect (fixed)
chapter 5 - gzip installation changes
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From: "Matthias Benkmann" <matthias@…> To: lfs-dev@… Subject: gzip: cp instead of mv Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:05:14 +0200
I forgot why we use cp && rm instead of mv in the gzip installation. I dimly remember something about moving hard links across filesystems. Was this the issue here? How about putting a note about it in the book.
Yes, it's the hard links problem (if your $LFS and $LFS/usr are on different partitions, a mv will fail).
A note would be good yes. Even better, use the same instructions we use in chapter 6. May as well make them uniform. I remember this has been said on this list before and somehow it never made Bugzilla. Perhaps I overruled it, but I can't remember why.
So, it's in bugzilla with a note for me to find out why it was overruled a while ago.
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Not going to change the install. instructions
in chapter 5 we cp+rm because we're not bothering making symlinks as they are only temporary files anyways. In chapter 6 we only mv gzip but then create symlinks for gunzip etc, so no need to cp+rm them.
I have removed the compress references.
I've added a note to chap5 why we cp+rm
Another thing:
remove the compress symlink. gzip can't create .Z files, it can, however, uncompress them.