Makefile using cp -arf

[Michael Franz]

If it is too difficult or doesn't make sense, I can patch the makefile in my
build, it is just the 1 line.

On Feb 12, 2008 9:32 PM, Michael Franz <mvfranz at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, this is making copy of the openjdk directory with all the source files
> being linked.  Any files created in this directory will be that, created.
>
> Does linux have pax?  I have not used it, but it might be an option.
>
> Is there away to change the copy command?  I can use another copy program
> gcp - the GNU version, which should be the same as Linux, but has a
> different name.  Wish I would have found this sooner.
>
> Michael
>
> On Feb 12, 2008 8:24 PM, Lillian Angel <langel at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > Michael Franz wrote:
> > > Is it possible to change the cp- pPRl too?  -l is not supported under
> > > OS X.  If I understand the man page, this should be similar to ln
> >
> > I would rather not change -l. This option saves a ton of space when
> > copying openjdk to openjdk-ecj. The only files that are actually
> > written, are those that differ between openjdk and openjdk-ecj. All the
> > rest remained linked.
> >
> > I am quite surprised OS X does not support this. Maybe just patch it
> > out, it will have no side-effects other than loss of disk space.
> >
> >
> > Lillian
> >
>
>
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