Re: Bug in libtoolize

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Peter!

Peter O'Gorman wrote:
> Jeff Squyres wrote:
> | If this is true, then even if -p is portable, it potentially won't solve
> | the problem.  :-\
> |
> 
> While it may not solve the problem on all platforms, it is unlikely to
> cause
> harm and may fix some platforms.

This just masks the real bug, and will make a correct fix harder to find later
on. :-(

> In the meantime, okay to apply this and it's equivalent to all branches?

Index: ChangeLog
        * libtoolize.m4sh: Use cp -p to copy files, it has a better chance
        of keeping make's dependency tracking happy.
        Reported by Jeff Squyres <address@hidden>

No, Please don't!  I think using this idiom will work correctly everywhere
(untested however!):

 ( cd $sourcedir && tar cf - filenames; ) | ( cd $destdir && tar xf -; )

I'll try and make a patch for branch-2-0 and HEAD today, and we can backport
that to branch-1-5 if necessary after approval.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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