[ale] compile error -> "can't restore hardlink to...." HUH ?

[Jason Day]

Apologies for the semi-OT reply, but...

On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 09:58:18AM -0500, Philip Polstra wrote:
> Are you trying to do a "make install" while not logged in as root?  A hard
> link is something that normally only the root user can create, and often it
> is something you don't want to create.

You don't have to be root to create a hard link to an ordinary file.
You do have to be root to create a hard link to a directory, which isn't
recommended.  And of course you have to have write access in the
directory where you're creating the link, hard or soft.
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