Bug 2275 - Use symlinks instead of copies of executables
Summary: Use symlinks instead of copies of executables
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: emacs
Version: 5.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Cristian Gafton
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Reported: 1999-04-19 18:47 UTC by mitr
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-06-16 16:13:25 UTC
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Description mitr 1999-04-19 18:47:31 UTC
The following executable files should be turned into
symlinks to save space (I've checked that the binary image
is the same, which isn't true for /bin/ls vs.
/usr/bin/{,v}dir).
Most notable is emacs-X11 package, where this saves almost 3
MB!
                        Mirek
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***egcs-1.0.3a-14
/usr/bin/egcs -> /usr/bin/i386-redhat-linux-egcs
***emacs-X11-20.3-3
/usr/bin/emacs -> /usr/bin/emacs-20.3
***gawk-3.0.3-3
/bin/gawk -> /usr/bin/gawk-3.0.3
***gzip-1.2.4-12
/bin/gunzip -> /bin/gzip
/bin/zcat -> /bin/gzip
/usr/bin/zdiff -> /usr/bin/zcat
***ld.so-1.9.5-8
/lib/ld.so -> /lib/ld.so.1.9.5
***python-1.5.1-5
/usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python1.5

Comment 1 Jay Turner 1999-06-14 20:20:59 UTC
These suggestions have been forwarded to a developer for further
consideration.

Comment 2 Cristian Gafton 1999-06-16 16:13:59 UTC
those are hard links already, that take even less space than symlinks.


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