0000369: hardlinks break when creating root_fs_i386.ext2

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0000369

[buildroot] Other

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08-08-05 10:26

03-20-07 10:24

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jakelly

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buildroot

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fixed

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0000369: hardlinks break when creating root_fs_i386.ext2

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hardlinks break when creating root_fs_i386.ext2

I noticed this when trying to fit a small buildroot onto a floppy. I had e2fsck, fsck.ext2, fsck.ext3 all hardlinked in build_i386/root/sbin, but they became separate inodes in root_fs_i386.ext2. The genext2fs man page says it does not support hard links, and that "hard links present in the input tree will be represented as separate files in the ext2 image."

Well that's not much good when you need to squeeze root into a very small space. So now I create my own filesystem image, without using genext2fs. It's not too hard to replace genext2fs with a script, and maintain the hardlinks.

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(0002250) bernhardf 03-20-07 10:24	This should be fixed in the meantime. We switched to genext2fs-1.4 recently. Please re-open this bug if you still encounter problems. thanks

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
08-08-05 10:26	jakelly	New Issue
08-08-05 10:26	jakelly	Status	new => assigned
08-08-05 10:26	jakelly	Assigned To	=> uClibc
02-12-07 05:50	vapier	Assigned To	uClibc => buildroot
03-20-07 10:24	bernhardf	Status	assigned => closed
03-20-07 10:24	bernhardf	Note Added: 0002250
03-20-07 10:24	bernhardf	Resolution	open => fixed