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FS#73439 - [mkinitcpio] 31-2 add symlink check for binaries and for add_files

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Friday, 21 January 2022, 09:02 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Monday, 21 November 2022, 06:04 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Giancarlo Razzolini (grazzolini)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Hi,
here the proposed patch for checking if a binary is a symlink and if a add_file is a symlink.
Else binaries and files are added twice or more often and waste space.

   fix-symlinks.patch (1.1 KiB)
This task depends upon

Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Monday, 21 November 2022, 06:04 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  mkinitcpio 33
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Monday, 31 January 2022, 19:41 GMT
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/55535
Should be fixed with the patch.
Comment by nl6720 (nl6720) - Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 14:35 GMT
Fixed in https://github.com/archlinux/mkinitcpio/commit/bf89ad1a3f322df8803fcbaecf664699aac5244e pending next release.

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