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Re: cp doc bug


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: cp doc bug
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:14:46 +0200

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
> "cp --help" says
>
>       --preserve[=ATTR_LIST]   preserve the specified attributes (default:
>                                  mode,ownership,timestamps), if possible
>                                  additional attributes: context, links, all
>
> but the info formatted documentation does not mention 'context' and does not
> explain what 'context' means.

That is most definitely a bug, and I'm partly at fault.
As you probably know it's the SELinux context,
and the definitions for concepts and terms are lacking.
I'm hoping to be able to point to other documentation
for the majority of that.




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