`cp -Rp symlink-with-nohistory' fails...
Matthew Dillon
dillon at apollo.backplane.com
Wed Sep 3 09:05:59 PDT 2008
::A) run `bmake install' twice, B) set nohistory flag on ${PREFIX}/*, or
::C) patch cp to special case the history flags rather than let it
:: unconditionally refuse to chflags() on a symlink.
::
::But: why does cp refuse to set file flags on a symlink in the first place?
I think for now cp should probably refuse to chflags() a symlink but
otherwise work the same and still generate a 0 exit code.
-Matt
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