Ah, but "cp -RL …” does.
Mark Brethen mark.bret...@gmail.com > On Oct 6, 2018, at 10:53 AM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > > > > On Oct 6, 2018, at 10:46, Mark Brethen wrote: > >> When using copy on a directory I noticed that any links inside are copied >> instead of the linked file and so I end up with dead links after install. Is >> it acceptable to use System “cp …” during destroot, which does follow the >> link, in this case? > > Sure, do what works. However, as far as I can tell, if your directory > contains synlinks, cp will also just copy the links; it will not resolve > them. >
