math/R: non-root build fails with "cp: chmod: (...): Operation not permitted

[Eric van Gyzen]

Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> Roman Neuhauser píše v po 11. 07. 2005 v 01:19 +0200:
> 
> 
>>    What about the build failure? Are you able to build the port without
>>    being root? Just what is the problem anyway? I just don't see it...
> 
> 
> Haven't looked into it, but I think the find loop you quoted is a red
> herring - the error states "cp" and "chmod" which are completely not
> present in that find loop.

Sorry, but cp /is/ in that block of code:

     cp -pr  $(srcdir)/inst/po/* $(top_builddir)/library/$(pkg)/po;

The 'cp' command is calling the 'chmod' syscall, as instructed by the -p 
option, to preserve the modes of the source files.

Puzzling.

Eric