Christian Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
