# SOURCE_ENTRY_NOT_ALLOWED: Link or special file not allowed

> Link or special file not allowed

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| Severity | Fault                         | Stage          |
| -------- | ----------------------------- | -------------- |
| error    | customer (the source package) | source package |

## What it means

The source package has an entry that is not a regular file or folder: a symbolic link, a hard link, a device, a FIFO or a GNU long-name record. A link could point outside the package, so none is accepted.

## How to fix

Replace each link with a copy of the file it points to (tar -h follows symlinks), or import the shared file with a relative path.