So this would add the "-l" flag, which makes pax use hard links if
possible. I can see this being useful for people who build as root,
do
not use a METALOG, and install without going through the "make
release"
process; but I wonder how many people there are who do all of those
things (none of which I would recommend), and whether we really want
to
encourage them.
Have you verified that pax doesn't do the wrong thing when it has both
the "-l" and "-M" flags (for example, using a hard link and then
setting
the ownership and permissions in a way that affects the source file as
well as the destination file)?
--apb (Alan Barrett)