On Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:00:41 +0100
Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> wrote:

> >>>>> On Sat, 23 Mar 2013, Michał Górny wrote:
> 
> > +multibuild_merge_root() {
> > + [...]
> > +	if type -P lockf &>/dev/null; then
> > +		# On BSD, we have 'lockf' wrapper.
> > +		tar -C "${src}" -f - -c . \
> > +			| lockf "${lockfile}" tar -x -f - -C "${dest}"
> > +	else
> > + [...]
> > +		cp -a -l -n "${src}"/. "${dest}"/
> 
> You assume that cp is GNU, if there's no lockf. Is it guaranteed that
> this is true on all platforms?

They're all just assumptions. If it breaks somewhere, I'll improve
the function.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny