[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: coreutils-6.11.104-00a30 test results
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: coreutils-6.11.104-00a30 test results |
Date: |
Fri, 30 May 2008 09:14:20 +0200 |
Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
> Test results on MacOS X 10.5.2 and MacOS X 10.3.9:
>
> - On MacOS X 10.5.2: All coreutils tests pass, and all gnulib tests pass!
> On this platform, perl 5.8.8 is used.
>
> This is an improvement over version 6.11. Why not mention it in NEWS:
> "On MacOS X 10.5, 'cp -p some-fifo some-file' failed while trying to copy
> the permissions from the some-fifo argument."
Thanks for the testing and suggested NEWS addition.
Here's what I've pushed:
Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: mention that cp -p copies permissions more portably
Based on wording suggested by Bruno Haible.
---
NEWS | 4 ++++
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8cee7f5..833112a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*-
outline -*-
chcon, runcon: --help output now includes the bug-reporting address
+ cp -p copies permissions more portably. For example, on MacOS X 10.5,
+ "cp -p some-fifo some-file" no longer fails while trying to copy the
+ permissions from the some-fifo argument.
+
id with no options now prints the SELinux context only when invoked
with no USERNAME argument.
--
1.5.6.rc0.30.g51263