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+#!/bin/sh
+# Exercise the fix for https://bugs.gnu.org/8419
+
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ cp
+
+same_inode()
+{
+  local u v
+  u=$(stat --format %i "$1") &&
+    v=$(stat --format %i "$2") && test "$u" = "$v"
+}
+
+create_source_tree()
+{
+  rm -Rf s
+  mkdir s || framework_failure_
+
+  # a missing link in dest will be created
+  touch s/f || framework_failure_
+  ln s/f s/linkm || framework_failure_
+
+  # an existing link in dest will be maintained
+  ln s/f s/linke || framework_failure_
+
+  # a separate older file in dest will be overwritten
+  ln s/f s/fileo || framework_failure_
+
+  # a separate newer file in dest will be overwritten!
+  ln s/f s/fileu || framework_failure_
+}
+
+create_target_tree()
+{
+  f=$1 # which of f or linkm to create in t/
+
+  rm -Rf t
+  mkdir -p t/s/ || framework_failure_
+
+  # a missing link in dest must be created
+  touch t/s/$f || framework_failure_
+
+  # an existing link must be maintained
+  ln t/s/$f t/s/linke || framework_failure_
+
+  # a separate older file in dest will be overwritten
+  touch -d '-1 hour' t/s/fileo || framework_failure_
+
+  # a separate newer file in dest will be overwritten!
+  touch -d '+1 hour' t/s/fileu || framework_failure_
+}
+
+
+# Note we repeat this, creating either one of
+# two hard linked files from source in the dest, so as to
+# test both paths in $(cp) for creating the hard links.
+# The path taken by cp is dependent on which cp encounters
+# first in the source, which is non deterministic currently
+# (I'm guessing that results are sorted by inode and
+# beauses they're the same here, and due to the sort
+# being unstable, either can be processed first).
+create_source_tree
+
+for f in f linkm; do
+  create_target_tree $f
+
+  # Copy all the hard links across.  With cp from coreutils-8.12
+  # and prior, it would sometimes mistakenly copy rather than link.
+  cp -au s t || fail=1
+
+  same_inode t/s/f t/s/linkm || fail=1
+  same_inode t/s/f t/s/linke || fail=1
+  same_inode t/s/f t/s/fileo || fail=1
+  same_inode t/s/f t/s/fileu || fail=1
+done
+
+Exit $fail