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bug#13352: [PATCH] cp: ignore EEXIST errors from mkdir
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Mike Frysinger |
Subject: |
bug#13352: [PATCH] cp: ignore EEXIST errors from mkdir |
Date: |
Fri, 4 Jan 2013 00:16:39 -0500 |
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On Thursday 03 January 2013 19:17:03 Paul Eggert wrote:
> Thanks for the bug report, but I'm not sure that's the right
> fix. Wouldn't it be better to address the following FIXME in cp.c?
>
> /* FIXME: Synch this function with the one in ../lib/mkdir-p.c. */
>
> The function in mkdir-p.c doesn't have the bug.
i thought it might, but i didn't want to get into the nuances here. `mkdir -
p` isn't copying a tree and its set of perms like `cp -pR` does. it might not
actually affect the code, but i'm not familiar enough with the code base to
say.
-mike
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