copying of build results in pdebuild [was: copying]

[Malte Forkel]

Am 06.07.2010 11:03, schrieb Malte Forkel:
> Hello,
> 
> When pdebuild is called with the --use-pdebuild-internal option, build
> results are copied to the BUILDRESULT directory by a 'cp -a' in the
> pdebuild script. This does not work well for me if the orig.tar.gz file
> is a relative link: The link is not dereferenced due to cp's -d option
> implied by -a and the orig.tar.gz file in BUILDRESULT is an invalid link.
> 
> I don't have that problem when calling pdebuild without the
> --use-pdebuild-internal option. In pbuilder itself, 'cp -p' is used both
> when copying to the tmp/buildd (in function copydsc) and when copying to
> BUILDRESULT (in pbuilder-buildpackage itself).
> 
> What's the reason for using 'cp -a' in pdebuild over 'cp -p'?
> 
> Thanks, Malte

Sorry for the bad subject line of my original posting. May be the new
and improved subject will trigger a reply? Or is this the wrong list?