From: Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org>

Preserve extended attributes by default when doing cp, mv or
install when built with --enable-xattr.

diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
index e235b32..2bab87f 100644
--- a/src/cp.c
+++ b/src/cp.c
@@ -784,9 +784,14 @@ cp_option_init (struct cp_options *x)
   x->explicit_no_preserve_mode = false;
   x->preserve_security_context = false;
   x->require_preserve_context = false;
+#if USE_XATTR
+  x->preserve_xattr = true;
+  x->require_preserve_xattr = true;
+#else
   x->preserve_xattr = false;
-  x->reduce_diagnostics = false;
   x->require_preserve_xattr = false;
+#endif
+  x->reduce_diagnostics = false;
 
   x->data_copy_required = true;
   x->require_preserve = false;
diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c
index a5ed7a8..03bdac3 100644
--- a/src/install.c
+++ b/src/install.c
@@ -280,7 +280,13 @@ cp_option_init (struct cp_options *x)
   x->data_copy_required = true;
   x->require_preserve = false;
   x->require_preserve_context = false;
+#if USE_XATTR
+  x->preserve_xattr = true;
+  x->require_preserve_xattr = true;
+#else
+  x->preserve_xattr = false;
   x->require_preserve_xattr = false;
+#endif
   x->recursive = false;
   x->sparse_mode = SPARSE_AUTO;
   x->symbolic_link = false;
@@ -296,7 +302,6 @@ cp_option_init (struct cp_options *x)
   x->open_dangling_dest_symlink = false;
   x->update = false;
   x->preserve_security_context = false;
-  x->preserve_xattr = false;
   x->verbose = false;
   x->dest_info = NULL;
   x->src_info = NULL;
diff --git a/src/mv.c b/src/mv.c
index 1cfcd82..b9aec6e 100644
--- a/src/mv.c
+++ b/src/mv.c
@@ -124,8 +124,13 @@ cp_option_init (struct cp_options *x)
   x->data_copy_required = true;
   x->require_preserve = false;  /* FIXME: maybe make this an option */
   x->require_preserve_context = false;
+#if USE_XATTR
   x->preserve_xattr = true;
+  x->require_preserve_xattr = true;
+#else
+  x->preserve_xattr = false;
   x->require_preserve_xattr = false;
+#endif
   x->recursive = true;
   x->sparse_mode = SPARSE_AUTO;  /* FIXME: maybe make this an option */
   x->symbolic_link = false;