From e735c8f6e0ab5b42bea1145cc25ddd01dac65813 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 18:50:16 +0000
Subject: yikes.  put the preserve_metadata assignment *after* declarations.
 gcc-3.0 didn't complain.

---
 src/copy.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index 33e47418f..1d61b1d36 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -1278,7 +1278,6 @@ copy_internal (const char *src_path, const char *dst_path,
 #ifdef S_ISLNK
   if (S_ISLNK (src_type))
     {
-      preserve_metadata = 0;
       char *src_link_val = xreadlink (src_path);
       if (src_link_val == NULL)
 	{
@@ -1313,6 +1312,9 @@ copy_internal (const char *src_path, const char *dst_path,
 	    }
 	}
 
+      /* There's no need to preserve timestamps or permissions.  */
+      preserve_metadata = 0;
+
       if (x->preserve_ownership)
 	{
 	  /* Preserve the owner and group of the just-`copied'
-- 
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