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+#!/bin/sh
+# cp -r should not create symlinks.  Fixed in fileutils-4.1.5.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Restored old behavior (whereby cp -r preserves symlinks) in 4.1.6,
+# though now such usage evokes a warning:
+# cp: 'slink': WARNING: using -r to copy symbolic links is not portable
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
+print_ver_ cp
+
+echo abc > foo || framework_failure_
+ln -s foo slink || framework_failure_
+ln -s no-such-file no-file || framework_failure_
+
+
+# This would fail in 4.1.5, not in 4.1.6.
+cp -r no-file junk 2>/dev/null || fail=1
+
+cp -r slink bar 2>/dev/null || fail=1
+set x $(ls -l bar); shift; mode=$1
+case $mode in
+  l*) ;;
+  *) fail=1;;
+esac
+
+Exit $fail