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bug#5775: [PATCH] doc: fix info to say cp -a does _not_ diagnose xattr f
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Jim Meyering |
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bug#5775: [PATCH] doc: fix info to say cp -a does _not_ diagnose xattr failures |
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Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:44:18 +0100 |
Pádraig Brady wrote:
> I was surprised that `cp --preserve=all file.xattr /dev/shm` produced no
> warnings
> In any case, this makes the docs match the behaviour.
>From the log of the change you quote, it's obvious this is the right change.
Thanks!
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: fix info to say cp -a does _not_ diagnose xattr failures
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> The info docs have been inaccurate since 2009-04-17, commit 941bd482,
> "mv: ignore xattr-preservation failure when not supported by filesystem"
> * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Say that cp --preserve=all
> does _not_ output errors when failing to copy xattrs.