cp -a not preserving timestamps on symlinks

[Alan Ford]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a limitation, but I'm reporting this
because I could find no mention of it in man pages etc.

When using cp -a, it doesn't preserve the timestamps of the symlinks.
This is very annoying for backup purposes.

Is there any way around this, or is it a legitimate bug?

Indeed, come to think of it, touch can't change timestamps on symlinks
either. Is this just not possible? I don't see any mention of such
limitations on man pages such as utime(2), though.

Thanks.
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Alan Ford * address@hidden