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Fedora Considers Hardlinking Identical /usr Files By Default For Deduplicating RPM Assets
Another change proposal filed recently for the Fedora Linux 43 release is to hardlink identical files within /usr by default for RPM-provided files that are 100% identical and can be then deduplicated to help conserve disk space and increase system efficiency.
Hardlinking of files was previously done in some packages explicitly, but it required adding a BuildRequires line and invoking a script, so it wasn't done very often. The change proposal still needs to be voted on by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) to see if they are up for this improvement.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.
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