In an ideal world you would replace 'cp' with a working version. Lacking root permissions, you can make shell script named 'cp' that removes the -p option.
On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 9:10:03 PM UTC-4, Kevin wrote: > > Linux dkar.research.pdx.edu 2.6.18-274.3.1.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Sep 6 > 20:57:11 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > cp -p ../include/NTL/*.h /n/ > oregano.cic.pdx.edu/export/vol-apps/apps-linux-x86_64/user/src/sage-4.8/local/include/NTL > > cp: preserving permissions for `/n/ > oregano.cic.pdx.edu/export/vol-apps/apps-linux-x86_64/user/src/sage-4.8/local/include/NTL/c_lip.h': > > Operation not supported > cp: preserving ACL for `/n/ > oregano.cic.pdx.edu/export/vol-apps/apps-linux-x86_64/user/src/sage-4.8/local/include/NTL/c_lip.h': > > Operation not supported > > Everything seems to go fine until the makefiles attempt do this cp -p > thing, where it just explodes in a flurry of errors. This happens under a > number of different packages. I've manually removed the -p from a few of > them and it seemed to work well enough, but after doing this three times I > attempted a zsh/perl(sed style) script that unpacks, edits, and repacks > everything back into spkg files. That didn't seem to work properly, at all. > I didn't save the output from that attempt as I threw my hands up and > decided to not pursue that vector of attack. There are possibly some places > where the cp -p is necessary to this whole operation. > > Anyway, I thought It was about time to ask for some help. > > Help? > > -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
