RE: hard linking libboost copyright files
Hi Steve,
The question is once we install the libboost .deb packages into a system, the copyright file for each libboost package is stored separately in /usr/shared/doc/packages folder. I'm think of hardlinking these copyright files so that we same some memory. Is this legally allowed.
Regards
Yaaseen
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 3:07 PM
To: Muhammad Yaaseen <myaaseen@infinera.com>
Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: hard linking libboost copyright files
On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 05:38:57AM +0000, Muhammad Yaaseen wrote:
> we see that the copyright for libboost debian packages are 2MB each
> and are all the same. as per
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html section
> 12.5<https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html%20section%2
> 012.5> we are not allowed to create symbolic links. the doubt I have
> is whether I can hardlink these files and reduce the memory
> utilization.
This isn't really a legal question; as a practical matter, it is not possible to ship cross-package hardlinks in .deb packages.
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