GNU bug report logs - #17103
cp: "cp -al" doesn't copy symlinks, tries to link to them

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: 17103 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17103: regression: cp -al doesn't copy symlinks, but tries to link to them (fail)
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:41:59 -0700

Linda Walsh wrote:
> I compile my own kernel.
> I don't have SELinux compile in.

That's interesting.  Can you try the suggested test anyway?  Perhaps the 
problem is not limited to SELinux.

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