Bug#618679: ffmpeg (armel): debian/rules /bin/cp of doxy documentation fail with: "Argument list too long"

[Gal Shalif]

Fabian> He, couldn't we simply copy the *directory* "doxy/html" (with cp 
-r) instead of its *contents* "doxy/html/*" and be done with it?

Sure.

I got into the habit of using tar (preserve symbolic links, etc.), but 
"cp -r" should be fine for this case.


Gal.


On 03/17/2011 04:56 PM, Fabian Greffrath wrote:

> Am 17.03.2011 15:30, schrieb Gal Shalif:
>> + [ ! -d doxy ] || tar -C doxy -cf - html | tar -C
>> debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-doc -xf -
>
> He, couldn't we simply copy the *directory* "doxy/html" (with cp -r) 
> instead of its *contents* "doxy/html/*" and be done with it?
>
>  - Fabian
>