GNU bug report logs - #8375
cp -a [-l] sometimes does not preserve timestamps of symlinks

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From: Rüdiger Meier <sweet_f_a <at> gmx.de>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: cp -a [-l] sometimes does not preserve timestamps of symlinks
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:01:12 +0200

Hi,


I see you fixed that already for for cp -a
http://marc.info/?t=124897089600001&r=1&w=2

But it does not together with option -link:

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


I'm using core utils coreutils 8.9 (opensuse 11.4).

BTW with coreutils 7.1 and 6.9 it behaves the other way, -al is correct 
but -a not.

So probably -al is broken since you fixed -a in 7.5.



cu,
Rudi  

Message #10 received at 8375-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 8375-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8375: cp -a [-l] sometimes does not preserve timestamps of
	symlinks
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:14:46 +0100

tags 8375 + notabug

closing this cloned bug

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