Vendor Imports

[Warner Losh]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 9:09 AM Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com>
wrote:

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> > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 1:12 AM Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Can we extrapolate that multilevel vendor trees, those with
> > > subdirectories,
> > > would need a cp -R or rsync?
> > >
> >
> > It would.
> >
> >
> > > The example shown says:
> > >
> > > % cd ../mtree
> > > % cp ~/git/NetBSD/usr.sbin/mtree/* .
> > > %
> > >
> > > cp -R would be appropriate for more complex software like openssl,
> > > unbound,
> > > and the like. Is this correct?
> > >
> >
> > Yes. You're right. rsync with delete has been suggested, but I've not had
> > time to update the example.
>
> Except that rsync duplicates hard link relationships whereas cp -R copies
> them as if they are independent files in their own right. An rsync without
> the -a or -H options should be suggested. Or does git treat hard links to
> the same file as different files? (Meaning I'm talking through my hat?)
>

I'm unsure. An experiment is in order.

Warner