Re: [Mac OSX 10.4 ] pb with cp

At 5:29 PM +0200 5/8/05, Florian Heckl wrote:
>Hi,
>On 08.05.2005, at 13:59, eric.bachard wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> the last pb in instsetoo_native :
>>
>> /Volumes/sauvegarde/OpenOffice.org680/instsetoo_native/util
>> -------------
>> mkdir -p ../unxmacxp.pro/misc/openoffice/msi_templates
>> mkdir -p ../unxmacxp.pro/misc/ooolangpack/msi_templates
>> cp -ua ../inc_openoffice/windows/msi_templates ../unxmacxp.pro/misc/
>> openoffice
>> cp: illegal option -- u
>> usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-pv] src target
>>        cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-pv] src1 ... srcN
>> directory
>> dmake:  Error code 64, while making 'hack_msitemplates'
>> '---* tg_merge.mk *---'
>>
>> ERROR: Error 65280 occurred while making /Volumes/sauvegarde/
>> OpenOffice.org680/instsetoo_native/util
>>
>>
>> Solution :
>>
>> As adviced by Pavel Janik in 39931 :
>>
>> 1. install GNU coreutils via fink**.
>> 2. Add --with-gnu-cp=/sw/bin/cp to your configure line
>If you instead adapt your PATH environment variable so that /sw/bin
>comes before /bin, you should be aware that you also lose some
>functionality, because Apple's cp in 10.4 can finally handle Mac
>resource forks correctly.
>Just wanted to mention this.


This subject seems to come up often. Here is Patrick Luby's EMail on the
subject back in June 2004 :


>Pavel JanÌk wrote:
>>    From: "Kevin B. Hendricks" <[email protected]>
>>    Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 20:53:47 -0400
>>
>>    > +.IF "$(OS)"=="MACOSX"
>>    > +MY_COPY=$(GNUCOPY)
>>    > +MY_COPY_RECURSIVE=$(GNUCOPY) -r
>>    > +.ELSE
>>    >   MY_COPY=$(GNUCOPY) -u
>>    >   MY_COPY_RECURSIVE=$(GNUCOPY) -urf
>>    > +.ENDIF
>>
>> I already commented to this issue somewhere in IZ. GNU cp *always*
>> understands -u and -f. Does Mac OS X build use GNUCOPY for something which
>> is not GNU cp?
>>
>> But yes, I agree that unnecessary forcing GNU cp usage when classic system
>> cp is enough is nonsense. (And I wrote the same to some IZ issue).
>
>Since I started the first Mac OS X port back in late 2000, GNUCOPY has
>been defined to be Mac OS X's built-in cp command, not GNU's version.
>Also, the FreeBSD and NetBSD ports have followed this same approach for
>some time.
>
>This practice has already been used throughout all of the other modules.
>My patch just continues the existing practice.
>
>Patrick


FYI, Eric Bachard was involved with the discussions at the time.


>Best regards,
>Florian


Regards, Terry