AW: AW: AW: [Kolab-devel] Re: kolab_bootstrap -b fails on Solaris 8Sparc

[Bernhard Reiter]

Hi Andrea,

Am Mittwoch, 5. Oktober 2005 21:34 schrieb ComCept Net GmbH Soliva:
> Mmmhhh the symbolic links would not be copied it means an example for
> better understanding:
>
> If in a directory would exists:
>
> /opt/directory1-2-3-4
>
> And to this directory a link
>
> /opt/directory  -> /opt/directory1-2-3-4
>
> And now I would give a copy command like:
>
>  cp -Rp /opt/directory* /ohterlocation/
>
> It would copy the stuff but after looking to the /otherlocation dir I would
> see two directorys:
>
>  /opt/directory
>  /opt/directory1-2-3-4
>
> And the dir /opt/directory which should be a symbolic link is not anymore a
> symbolic link it is now a real directory!

So indeed your "cp" is not copying links
and you might need to search for a way to do this on Solaris 8.
(Maybe the GNU tools can help.)
As far as I have understood the standard this might not be standard 
compatible.

Martin told me last week that he also gave you some hints.
So what is the status of your installation?


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: kolab-devel-bounces at kolab.org [mailto:kolab-devel-bounces at kolab.org]
> Im Auftrag von Bernhard Reiter
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 5. Oktober 2005 20:50
> An: kolab-devel at kolab.org
> Betreff: Re: AW: AW: [Kolab-devel] Re: kolab_bootstrap -b fails on Solaris
> 8Sparc
>
> Am Mittwoch, 5. Oktober 2005 18:30 schrieb ComCept Net GmbH Soliva:
> > The issue about ps aux (-elf) is done it means this is not anymore a
> > problem also because I saw that in the next release the command will be
> > posix like!
>
> Good.
>
> > The case with cp -pRP seems to me not really posix like it means I do not
> > know where it can be loked at it but what I can say is that on Solaris a
>
> cp
>
> > -pRP does not exist it means:
> >
> > User Commands                                               cp(1)
> >
> > NAME
> >      cp - copy files
> >
> > The option -P does not exists on Solaris 8 see also
> > http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi (enter under "Set comamnd name" the
> > required command and on the fly you will see the man pages).
> >
> > I would not say that Solaris is overall posix but this command cp is
> > under normal circumstances and under Solaris posix like?
>
> I cited my copy of the standard so it might be that your version of Solaris
> is not fully posix compatible?
> Can you try if your "cp -Rp" will copy symbolic links?
> If so, you could leave the "-P" out.
>
> > The other stuff I would test in the next days...coming back with the
> > results!
>
> Great!
>
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