Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH v3] Copy files/* into the work tree instead of symlinking it

2021-09-27 Thread Michał Górny
On Mon, 2021-09-27 at 12:49 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 26 Sep 2021, Michał Górny wrote: > > > Symlinking FILESDIR into the work tree has the unintended > > consequence > > of preserving all original file metadata, including system-specific > > ACLs > > and so on. When these

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH v3] Copy files/* into the work tree instead of symlinking it

2021-09-27 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Sun, 26 Sep 2021, Michał Górny wrote: > Symlinking FILESDIR into the work tree has the unintended consequence > of preserving all original file metadata, including system-specific ACLs > and so on. When these files are installed, this could lead to > unintentionally copying this metadata