Re: Is "cp -a" allowed in debian/rules?

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

Douglas Bates wrote:
  >Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de> writes:
  >
  >> On 11 Dec 1997, Douglas Bates wrote:
  >> 
  >> > I have a vague recollection of seeing some comments regarding flags
  >> > for cp that should be avoided in packaging scripts.  Perhaps this was
  >> > in the discussion of bashisms.
  >> 
  >> I don't remember anything like that. Debian ships with `GNU cp', so I
  >> don't see a reason for not using the `-a' option. (I'd prefer the `-a'
  >> solution over the `tar' hack since it's much easier to read.) 
  >
  >But consider the recent discussion of porting dpkg to other systems.
  >If you were using dpkg on Solaris or HP-UX or ... you may not be able
  >to count on cp understanding the -a flag.

So use this, which should work on any Unix anywhere:

  cd <source>; find . -print | cpio -pdm <target>

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