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Grabbed from upstream SVN

--- coreutils/cp.c
+++ coreutils/cp.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #include "libcoreutils/coreutils.h"
 
 /* WARNING!! ORDER IS IMPORTANT!! */
-static const char cp_opts[] = "pdRfiar";
+static const char cp_opts[] = "pdRfiarPHL";
 
 extern int cp_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -79,6 +79,20 @@
 		 */
 		flags |= FILEUTILS_DEREFERENCE;
 	}
+	if (flags & 128) {
+		/* Make -P a synonym for -d,
+		 * -d is the GNU option while -P is the POSIX 2003 option
+		 */
+		flags |= FILEUTILS_DEREFERENCE;
+	}
+	/* Default behavior of cp is to dereference, so we don't have to do
+	 * anything special when we are given -L.
+	 * The behavior of -H is *almost* like -L, but not quite, so let's
+	 * just ignore it too for fun.
+	if (flags & 256 || flags & 512) {
+		;
+	}
+	*/
 
 	flags ^= FILEUTILS_DEREFERENCE;		/* The sense of this flag was reversed. */
 
--- include/usage.h
+++ include/usage.h
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@
 	"\n" \
 	"\t-a\tSame as -dpR\n" \
-	"\t-d\tPreserves links\n" \
+	"\t-d,-P\tPreserves links\n" \
+	"\t-H,-L\tDereference all symlinks (implied by default)\n" \
 	"\t-p\tPreserves file attributes if possible\n" \
 	"\t-f\tforce (implied; ignored) - always set\n" \
 	"\t-i\tinteractive, prompt before overwrite\n" \