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Re: "Failed to preserve ownership" exit(1) bug in mv?
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Jim Meyering |
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Re: "Failed to preserve ownership" exit(1) bug in mv? |
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Sat, 3 Jun 2017 22:08:02 -0700 |
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
> That indeed looks like a bug that has been present since the initial
> implementation!
> The attached should fix it up.
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> thanks!
Thanks, indeed! It's not often we see bugs in tools like these that
date back a quarter of a century or more.
Minor suggested adjustments for NEWS:
cp and mv now merely warn about any failure to preserve symlink ownership.
Before, cp (without -p) would exit with a failure status, and a cross-device
mv would leave such symlinks remaining in the source file system.
[the bug dates back to the initial implementation]