Arnaud Charlet <char...@adacore.com> writes: >> It seems to me that (as already done in one of three cases in the >> install-gnatlib target) $(INSTALL_DATA_DATE) errors should be ignored, >> to allow for such a case. >> >> The following patch does just that and allowed the make install to >> complete. >> >> Ok for mainline? > > No, it's not OK to ignore all such errors, and the permissions should > really be preserved, so such error really musn't be ignored.
they are: this is a bug in (it seems) all recent version of coreutils cp. How about a version with cp and touch -r as Mike suggested instead? Rainer -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University