[Nix-dev] nix store: hardlink vs symlink (was Re: python application vs python environment)

Ludovic Courtès ludo at gnu.org
Sat Sep 24 21:56:02 CEST 2011


Hi Florian,

Florian Friesdorf <flo at chaoflow.net> skribis:

> Why is nix using symlinks to link files in the nix store?

Because hard links don’t work across devices.

Ludo’.



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