[BusyBox 0001412]: "cp -a" allows copy of a directory into itself

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1412 
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Reported By:                kiltedknight
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   1412
Category:                   Other
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             06-29-2007 09:16 PDT
Last Modified:              06-29-2007 09:16 PDT
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Summary:                    "cp -a" allows copy of a directory into itself
Description: 
execute the following series of commands on GNU linux:

mkdir /tmp/dir1
touch /tmp/dir1/stuff
cp -a /tmp/dir1 /tmp/dir1

The following error is returned: cp: cannot copy a directory, `/tmp/dir1',
into itself, `/tmp/dir1/dir1'

Now run these:

mkdir /tmp/dir1
touch /tmp/dir1/stuff
busybox cp -a /tmp/dir1 /tmp/dir1

Now you get the following:
cp: cannot stat
'/tmp/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1/dir1':
File name too long

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Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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06-29-07 09:16  kiltedknight   New Issue                                    
06-29-07 09:16  kiltedknight   Status                   new => assigned     
06-29-07 09:16  kiltedknight   Assigned To               => BusyBox         
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