2 # cp -r should not create symlinks. Fixed in fileutils-4.1.5.
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19 # Restored old behavior (whereby cp -r preserves symlinks) in 4.1.6,
20 # though now such usage evokes a warning:
21 # cp: `slink': WARNING: using -r to copy symbolic links is not portable
23 if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
30 echo abc > foo || framework_failure
31 ln -s foo slink || framework_failure
32 ln -s no-such-file no-file || framework_failure
36 # This would fail in 4.1.5, not in 4.1.6.
37 cp -r no-file junk 2>/dev/null || fail=1
39 cp -r slink bar 2>/dev/null || fail=1
40 set x `ls -l bar`; shift; mode=$1