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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Problems_running_make_on_osx/comment_18_64fab50d95de619eb2e8f08f90237de1._comment b/doc/bugs/Problems_running_make_on_osx/comment_18_64fab50d95de619eb2e8f08f90237de1._comment deleted file mode 100644 index df76bb301..000000000 --- a/doc/bugs/Problems_running_make_on_osx/comment_18_64fab50d95de619eb2e8f08f90237de1._comment +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -[[!comment format=mdwn - username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkSq2FDpK2n66QRUxtqqdbyDuwgbQmUWus" - nickname="Jimmy" - subject="maybe killed another osx bug in the test." - date="2011-02-13T15:12:10Z" - content=""" -I think I have figured out why - - ### Failure in: 1:blackbox:3:git-annex unannex:1:with content - foo is not a symlink - -It goes back to the this piece of code (in test.hs) - - copyrepo :: FilePath -> FilePath -> IO FilePath - copyrepo old new = do - cleanup new - ensuretmpdir - Utility.boolSystem \"cp\" [\"-pr\", old, new] @? \"cp -pr failed\" - -It seems that on OSX it does not preserve the symbolic link information, basically cp is not gnu cp on OSX, doing a \"cp -a SOURCE DEST\" seem's to the right thing on OSX. I tried it out on my archlinux workstation by replacing *-pr* with just *-a* and all the tests passed on archlinux. - -I'm not sure what the implications would be with changing the test with changing the cp command. - -"""]] |