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               <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>, ensure you are
               the <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> user when extracting the package.</para>
+              <para>All methods to get the source code tree being built
+              in-position, except extracting the package tarball, are not
+              supported. Notably, using <command>cp -R</command> to copy the
+              source code tree somewhere else can destroy links and
+              timestamps in the sources tree and cause building
+              failure.</para>
             </listitem>
             <listitem>