[OE-core] [PATCH] e2fsprogs: Package populate-extfs.sh and enable symlink install

[Khem Raj]

> On Apr 10, 2015, at 8:01 AM, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle at windriver.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm a bit confused by this.  Why is symlink saving space over hardlink?
> 
> The hardlinked items should retain their hard link status through the packaging
> and into the image.  If not, it sounds like there is a bug in the packaging
> mechanism you are using (opkg, deb, rpm?) and/or the image generation.
> 
> And just because 'ls' shows the sizes, the fact they are hard linked means
> they're not taking up duplicate space.
> 
> I know there is a lot more then just e2fsprogs that does a hard link vs symlinks
> for various command, which is why I'm trying to understand where we might have a
> problem.
> 

This patch improves the recipe and problems with packaging hard links is orthogonal to it.
this patch should go in regardless