From e2497bb4fd2f534b3dde89c2c8e6d4df4d5e1291 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 17:16:42 +0000
Subject: (copy_internal): For each symlink copied by cp -r, issue a warning
 that `cp -r' is not portable.

---
 src/copy.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index 4da2b2190..eb369b243 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -1406,6 +1406,12 @@ copy_internal (const char *src_path, const char *dst_path,
 	  goto un_backup;
 	}
 
+      if (x->recursive && x->copy_as_regular)
+	{
+	  error (0, 0, _("%s: WARNING: using -r to copy symbolic\
+ links is not portable"), quote (src_path));
+	}
+
       if (!symlink (src_link_val, dst_path))
 	free (src_link_val);
       else
-- 
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