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0013204CMakeDocumentationpublic2012-05-09 09:432016-06-10 14:31
Dave Abrahams 
Kitware Robot 
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closedmoved 
 
CMake 2.8.12 
0013204: Docs don't say what happens to symlinks in copy_directory
Most facilities that copy whole directory trees say what they do with symbolic links (i.e. follow or not). The docs for copy_directory don't. I don't know if this applies elsewhere, but a quick scan for similar omissions might be worthwhile.
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related to 0014609closed Kitware Robot cmake -E copy and cmake -E copy_directory commands need an option to NOT follow symlinks on Linux 
Issue History
2012-05-09 09:43Dave AbrahamsNew Issue
2012-06-08 05:30recrynNote Added: 0029644
2012-08-11 21:42David ColeStatusnew => backlog
2012-08-11 21:42David ColeNote Added: 0030434
2012-08-14 11:22David ColeStatusbacklog => new
2012-08-14 11:22David ColeTarget Version => CMake 2.8.10
2012-10-18 11:16David ColeTarget VersionCMake 2.8.10 => CMake 2.8.11
2012-10-18 11:17David ColeNote Added: 0031269
2013-02-13 13:40Rolf Eike BeerCategory(No Category) => Documentation
2013-05-17 09:33Robert MaynardTarget VersionCMake 2.8.11 => CMake 2.8.12
2013-12-01 15:14irwinNote Added: 0034619
2013-12-02 09:41Brad KingRelationship addedrelated to 0014609
2016-06-10 14:28Kitware RobotNote Added: 0042044
2016-06-10 14:28Kitware RobotStatusnew => resolved
2016-06-10 14:28Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:28Kitware RobotAssigned To => Kitware Robot
2016-06-10 14:31Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0029644)
recryn   
2012-06-08 05:30   
'cmake -E copy_directory some_dir dest_dir' does follow symlinks. That means it does not copy symlinks but the files or directories they point to.

I would consider this a bug since 'file (COPY some_dir DESTINATION dest_dir)' copies symlinks without following them. Because of the limitation of copy_directory you have to work around this by creating a custom copydir.cmake script,

--------8<-------------------------------------------------------
# copydir.cmake
# note the trailing slash after ${SOURCE_DIR}
file (COPY "${SOURCE_DIR}/" DESTINATION "${TARGET_DIR}")
------------------------------------------------------->8--------

and call this script instead of 'cmake -E copy_directory', e.g.;
cmake -DSOURCE_DIR=some_dir -DTARGET_DIR=dest_dir -P copydir.cmake
(0030434)
David Cole   
2012-08-11 21:42   
Sending old, never assigned issues to the backlog.

(The age of the bug, plus the fact that it's never been assigned to anyone means that nobody is actively working on it...)

If an issue you care about is sent to the backlog when you feel it should have been addressed in a different manner, please bring it up on the CMake mailing list for discussion. Sign up for the mailing list here, if you're not already on it: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake [^]

It's easy to re-activate a bug here if you can find a CMake developer who has the bandwidth to take it on, and ferry a fix through to our 'next' branch for dashboard testing.
(0031269)
David Cole   
2012-10-18 11:17   
These bugs were deferred from target version 2.8.10 to 2.8.11 based on the responses to this email thread on the CMake developer's mailing list:

  http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/cmake-developers/2012-October/005434.html [^]
(0034619)
irwin   
2013-12-01 15:14   
See additional discussion in http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=14609 [^]
(0042044)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:28   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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