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Re: Autoconf 2.52g is released
From: |
Thomas Dickey |
Subject: |
Re: Autoconf 2.52g is released |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:46:47 -0500 |
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On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 04:44:28PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote:
> >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Thomas> "cp -p" has some unfortunate side-effects (some versions copy
> Thomas> the ownership of the original file in addition to the
> Thomas> protection)
>
> Do you have references for this? This is typical information that
> must be double checked and included in autoconf.texi once certified.
not offhand. I've run into it occasionally (for example, a few weeks ago
using IRIX 6.5). Comparing, I see it is documented on Solaris, Tru64
(even Linux). But relying on it is not portable (I recall that it wasn't
implemented on some older systems).
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- Autoconf 2.52g is released, Akim Demaille, 2002/01/25
- Autoconf 2.52g is released, John Poltorak, 2002/01/25
- Re: Autoconf 2.52g is released, Bil Kleb, 2002/01/25
- Re: Autoconf 2.52g is released, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/01/27
- Re: Autoconf 2.52g is released, Akim Demaille, 2002/01/27
- Re: Autoconf 2.52g is released,
Thomas Dickey <=
- Re: Autoconf 2.52g is released, Bob Proulx, 2002/01/27
- Re: Autoconf 2.52g is released, Russ Allbery, 2002/01/27
- Re: Autoconf 2.52g is released, Thomas E. Dickey, 2002/01/27
- Re: Autoconf 2.52g is released, Bob Proulx, 2002/01/27
- Re: Autoconf 2.52g is released, Thomas Dickey, 2002/01/27