1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl/test/symlink.t b/perl/test/symlink.t
index faf98e6..19cc72d 100644
--- a/perl/test/symlink.t
+++ b/perl/test/symlink.t
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 use test::helper qw($_point $_real);
 use Test::More;
-plan tests => 5;
+plan tests => 6;
 chdir($_point);
 ok(symlink("abc","def"),"symlink created");
 ok(-l "def","symlink exists");
@@ -10,3 +10,10 @@ chdir($_real);
 ok(-l "def","symlink really exists");
 is(readlink("def"),"abc","really worked");
 unlink("def");
+
+# bug: doing a 'cp -a' on a directory which contains a symlink
+# reports an error
+mkdir("dira");
+system("cd dira; touch filea; ln -s filea fileb");
+is(system("cp -a dira dirb")>>8,0,"cp -a");
+system("rm -rf dira dirb");