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Gontran Zepeda wrote:
> % On 2005-02-14 at 10:51:50 -0500, Aaron Walker wrote:
>
>>>But what do you do if you have executable and non-executable files mixed
>>>in the subtree?
>>>[ ... ]
>>
>>Georgi Georgiev wrote:
>>
>>AFAIK, there's not a gentoo way to recursively copy files whilst preserving
>>permissions when said files are of different permissions.
>>[ ... ]
> Perhaps a small addition to 'doins' for this case, which could be
> made optional by adding a '-p' for "preserve mode" option. Untested patch
> attached which could use some getopt mojo for flexible argument order.
>
> Requires GNU fileutils >= 4.0 according to chmod(1). Portage internal
> variables not entirely clear to me without RTFM. Portage hackers: please
> suggest corrections.
<snip>
> install ${INSOPTIONS} "${mysrc}" "${D}${INSDESTTREE}"
> +
> + if [ "${PRESERVE_PERMS}" == "y" ] ; then
> + chmod --referencefile="${mysrc}" "${D}${INSDESTTREE}/${mysrc}"
> + fi
> done
>
Unfortunately this would only work on systems with a GNU base system.
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Aaron Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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