Re: Is "cp -a" allowed in debian/rules?
On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> So use this, which should work on any Unix anywhere:
>
> cd <source>; find . -print | cpio -pdm <target>
But then the package would have to pre-depend on cpio, which isn't even a
`required' or `essential' package. I think this is a bad thing to use in
a {pre,post}{inst,rm} script.
`fileutils', which holds cp, is an essential package on any Debian system.
So no matter what hardware Debian will be ported to, it will always have a
GNU cp. Or else it will not be a Debian system.
Remco
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