From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:04:20 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: *** empty log message ***
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_0_27~49
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a7f53c72b34a7f5f4365a116da8d270db70394d0;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

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diff --git a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
index 46eb1d664e..789cfed47b 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
@@ -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.