[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#8374: closed (cp -a [-l] sometimes does not preserve timestamps of symlinks)

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> cp -a [-l] sometimes does not preserve timestamps of symlinks
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> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:46:07 +0200
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> Hi,
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> I see you fixed that already for for cp -a
> http://marc.info/?t=124897089600001&r=1&w=2
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> But it does not together with option -link:
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> cd /tmp/
> ln -s somewhere symlink
> touch -h -t "197001010000"  symlink
> cp -a symlink symlink-a
> cp -al symlink symlink-al
> ls -l symlink*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 rudi users 9 1970-01-01 00:00 symlink -> somewhere
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 rudi users 9 1970-01-01 00:00 symlink-a -> somewhere
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 rudi users 9 2011-03-29 13:44 symlink-al -> somewhere
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> I'm using core utils coreutils 8.9 (opensuse 11.4).
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> BTW with coreutils 7.1 and 6.9 it behaves the other way, -al is correct 
> but -a not.
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> So probably -al is broken since you fixed -a in 7.5.
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> cu,
> Rudi  
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> On 01/04/11 13:21, Jim Meyering wrote:
> >> * src/copy.c (copy_internal): Use our existing hardlink to
> >> symlink emulation when we're not sure that link() will
> >> not dereference the symlink.  Also ensure that we copy the
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> > How about "...when link() might dereference..."
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> Much clearer thanks.
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> I've pushed that.
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