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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:04:20 +0000 (14:04 +0000)
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:04:20 +0000 (14:04 +0000)
old/fileutils/ChangeLog

index 46eb1d664e5acd9de998fa80e18f337f2b8f5d01..789cfed47be47a0dbc91ee329e7e4c5aa69d8a2b 100644 (file)
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@
        do this.  Now, you must use `cp --remove-destination' to get this
        behavior.  Now, `cp -f' and `mv -f' work as required by POSIX.
        [unlink_dest_after_failed_open]: Add member.
+       Paul Eggert reported that `cp -f' removes an existing destination
+       file unconditionally, and that is contrary to POSIX.
 
        * src/copy.c (same_file_ok): New function, extracted from copy_internal,
        and rewritten.