Re: [CentOS-mirror] Yum 3.2.8-9 from msync-dvd.centos.org wrong?

Brandon Davidson wrote:

AFAICT, hardlink.py checks a number of things to determine whether or not files are eligible for hardlinking:

• size is the same
• size is not zero
• file mode is the same
• owner user id is the same
• owner group id is the same
• modified time is the same (unless date hashing is disabled)

Depending on how the files were copied, and how the script was run, I could see the script failing to hardlink properly - but not how you could end up with a changed file. It seems like that would have to have happened during the copy or rsync.

Does it actually compare the contents?

-hpa