bug#24958: Please make "omitting directory" message clearer

[Pádraig Brady]

On 17/11/16 01:27, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Pádraig Brady, on Thu 17 Nov 2016 01:07:36 +0000, wrote:
>> I agree, though we have to be careful not to imply
>> we copy the directory but not the contents.
>> I'll adjust to:
>>
>>   "not recursing; omitting directory '/foo/bar'"
> 
> Perhaps
> 
>   "not recursing by default, thus omitting directory '/foo/bar'"
> 
> to make it explicit that recursing is an available option ?

Right that's better for cp, though inaccurate for install(1).
Also it's slightly verbose and searching the man page for
"recursing" doesn't match anything currently.
I'll do this I think:

  if (install)
    "omitting directory '/foo/bar'"
  else /* cp */
    "-r not specified; omitting directory '/foo/bar'"

cheers,
Pádraig.