Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:59:54 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@freebsd.org> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cpio -l fails to revert to copy-mode Message-ID: <485B394A.6020205@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <485A9E7E.6050703@FreeBSD.org> References: <485A9E7E.6050703@FreeBSD.org>
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Pietro Cerutti wrote:
>
> ~> cpio -dumpl /tmp/
> test
> cpio: Can't create '/tmp/test': Cross-device link: Cross-device link
>
> while
>
> | gcpio -dumpl /tmp/
> test
> gcpio: /tmp: Operation not permitted
> gcpio: cannot link test to /tmp//test (will copy instead): Cross-device
> link
>
> The set of ${COPYTREE_*} "macros" in the ports infrastructure depend on
> this feature, so I would rate this as "highly important"...
Thanks! I hadn't seen this usage before; I'll
get it fixed soon.
In the meantime, the obvious workaround is
to omit the -l flag.
Cheers,
Tim Kientzle
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