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Date:      Sun, 17 Nov 1996 07:00:07 -0800 (PST)
From:      Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   bin/2040: make world fails after cp -pR of /usr/bin
Message-ID:  <199611171500.HAA04417@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/2040; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>
To: charnier@xp11.frmug.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: bin/2040: make world fails after cp -pR of /usr/bin
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 14:30:32 +0100

 >	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 -)
 
 (the patch seems ok).
 
 Wolfram



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