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

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Florian Friesdorf <flo at chaoflow.net> skribis:

> On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:56:02 +0200, ludo at gnu.org (Ludovic =?iso-8859-1?Q?Court=E8s?=) wrote:
>> 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.
>
> But the links would be just intra-store links, or?

Sorry, I thought you were referring to why profiles use symlinks to the
store.

Within a store, using hard links is OK, yes, and ‘nix-store --optimise’
does exactly that.

Thanks,
Ludo’.