Re: Is "cp -a" allowed in debian/rules?
Douglas Bates <bates@stat.wisc.edu> writes:
> In creating the r-base package I need to manually copy a directory
> tree into ./debian/tmp/usr/lib/R. Right now I do this using "cp -a".
> Is that practice frowned upon? Would using tar for this be preferred?
Well, I don't know if cp -a is frowned upon, but if so, I need to
change at least one of my packages.
In any case, here's a reasonable substitute:
(cd src-dir && tar cf - .) | (cd target-dir && tar xpf -)
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