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bug #29134: merge-o-matic should hardlink if packages are the same

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Wed 23 Jun 2010 12:37:04 PM UTC, comment #2: I'd say not in general when it comes to big mirrors, but if hardlinking was written in as an option it would allow both to be on the same partition. i don't know how hard it would be to check the partitions are the same before hardlinking, but if the config option for upstream+downstream are on the same device, we can probably trust it :)	Karl Goetz <kgoetz>
Mon 21 Jun 2010 02:31:09 PM UTC, comment #1: Karl, Is it safe to assume that both distro's repositories would reside in the same file system? (Within the boundaries of the same fs?) If that's the case - it would be appropriate for the script to simply use the "ln TARGET LINK_NAME" command, correct? Thank you! Del	Delyan Raychev <delqn>
Tue 09 Mar 2010 11:13:32 AM UTC, original submission: running ./update-pool downloads your two distributions from their respective repositories. if (as is the case with gNS) 99% of your archive is the same, it would be good if m-o-m would hard link instead of redownloading.	Karl Goetz <kgoetz>

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