Bug#1031696: Use of symbolic links in non-free ISO images breaks file system transposition support

"Thomas Schmitt" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.cd
Message-ID <14784279502750651076__38290.5213673197$1678636469$gmane$org@scdbackup.webframe.org>
Hi,

James Addison wrote:
> Please find below a proposed update to the commit message under discussion:

Only one nitpick:

>     multiple filenames ("records"). The ISO9660 generation tools
>     genisoimage and xorriso can use this to de-duplicate multiple linked
>     files from their input, saving space in the output filesystem image.

They do this only with hard links, not with symbolic links.
So i propose: "de-duplicate multiple hard linked files".


Have a nice day :)

Thomas
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