Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 04:22:00 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org, wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de Subject: Re: bin/2040: make world fails after cp -pR of /usr/bin Message-ID: <199611171722.EAA22747@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> > cp -pR breaks hard links, (chpass, chfn, chsh, ypchpass, ypchfn and > >ypchsh become 6 differents programs). > > Use tar or cpio for coping, e.g.: > $ tar cf - /usr/bin | (cd /backup; tar xf -) tar and cpio and pax don't preserve the immutable flags, so this breaks things in a different way. Bruce
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