[BusyBox 0001511]: cp -rp don't copy symbolic link (busybox 1.7.1)

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1511 
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Reported By:                ThomasHawk
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   1511
Category:                   Other
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             09-25-2007 07:04 PDT
Last Modified:              09-25-2007 07:04 PDT
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Summary:                    cp -rp don't copy symbolic link (busybox 1.7.1)
Description: 
If I have a directory which contains symbolic link eg:
# mkdir /tmp1
# touch /a
# ln -s /a /tmp1/a

if I copy this directory with "cp -rp", busybox copy the file (/a) an not
the symbolic link 

# cp -rp /tmp1 /tmp2
# ls -lsa /tmp1
   4 drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 25 16:12 .
   4 drwxr-xr-x   14 root     root         4096 Sep 25 16:13 ..
   0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 Sep 25 16:12 a -> /a
# ls -lsa /tmp2
   4 drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 25 16:12 .
   4 drwxr-xr-x   14 root     root         4096 Sep 25 16:13 ..
   0 -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Sep 25 16:12 a

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Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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09-25-07 07:04  ThomasHawk     New Issue                                    
09-25-07 07:04  ThomasHawk     Status                   new => assigned     
09-25-07 07:04  ThomasHawk     Assigned To               => BusyBox         
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