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From: Peter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk>
Subject: Re: Hard link problem during build
Date: 02 Apr 2008 14:12:11 +0200
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...
> I am working with a filesystem mounted via nfs.
...

> It seems that it do not allow hard linkage. Nevertheless soft linkage
> is allow.

Beware that git depends on that stat() gives the correct (Posix) size of
symlinks. This can give problems, if a Windows filesystem is mounted
over NFS.

> So the build process failed during the link of built-in commands.
> git-merge-subtree$X: target and
> $(BUILT_INS): target.
> 
> Is it necessary to do hard link instead of soft link ?

You can change the Makefile (look for calls to 'ln') to copy the build-in
commands instead of linking them, and that should work (but waste some
space).

Peter