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Re: Automake 1.4l released
- To: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Subject: Re: Automake 1.4l released
- From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g at lrde dot epita dot fr>
- Date: 14 Aug 2001 10:44:22 +0200
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
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- Organization: LRDE/EPITA http://www.lrde.epita.fr/
- References: <3B75C43C.6060609@ece.gatech.edu><3B76F481.3010901@ece.gatech.edu>
>>> "Charles" == Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu> writes:
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Charles> distcheck:) so their permissions are -r--r--r--. The
Charles> 'cp -p' command performs the copy in a two step
Charles> process: first, the file is copied, permissions and
Charles> all. So, we have a new copy of the file which is ALSO
Charles> -r--r--r--, but with the wrong timestamp. Then, cp
Charles> tries to preserve the time (e.g. CHANGE the timestamp
Charles> of the new copy so that it matches the old original).
Charles> This is allowed on linux, but NOT on
Charles> windows/NTFS/cygwin, when perms = -r--r--r--.
Maybe I'm missing something, but my manual page for cp reads
-p, --preserve
preserve file attributes if possible
Doesn't `if possible' means cp should not complain is it does?
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz