GNU bug report logs - #8374
cp -a [-l] sometimes does not preserve timestamps of symlinks

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Message #14 received at 8374 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 8374 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnulib <bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org>,
	Ruediger Meier <ruediger.meier <at> ga-group.nl>
Subject: Re: bug#8374: cp -a [-l] sometimes does not preserve timestamps of
	symlinks
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:58:50 +0100

On 31/03/11 15:20, Eric Blake wrote:
> Sounds to me like the gnulib fallback should be made smarter.  Which
> systems lack linkat() but have the capability to set timestamps?  BSD?
> But the original report was about opensuse, which is Linux based, and my
> recollection is that Linux handles hardlinks to symlinks much longer
> than it could set symlink timestamps.

When you put it like that, then it's probably not worth
worrying about updating timestamps in gnulib, when it's probably
not even possible.

cheers,
Pádraig.

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