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bug#61537: [Bug-coreutils] 'cp -au' re-copies (removes and relinks) hard
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Antonio Diaz Diaz |
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bug#61537: [Bug-coreutils] 'cp -au' re-copies (removes and relinks) hard links that are up to date |
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Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:58:22 +0100 |
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Hello.
I have been forced recently to update my coreutils 8.11 (because 'touch' in
8.11 didn't understand the dates with a 'T' separator passed to it by the
configure of another GNU package I was installing) and have found that 'cp
-au' now re-copies (removes and relinks) hard links that are up to date and
it didn't recopy with 8.11.
I have tried coreutils 8.23 and 9.1, but I think all versions after 8.11
have this problem.
To illustrate the problem, I first create a directory 'src' containing two
linked files and then make a copy of 'src' in 'dest':
$ md src
$ echo "foo" > src/a
$ ln src/a src/b
$ cp -auv src dest
'src' -> 'dest'
'src/a' -> 'dest/a'
'src/b' -> 'dest/b'
Now, every time I update 'dest' using 'cp -au', it removes and relinks
'dest/b' in spite of it already being a link to 'dest/a':
$ cp -auv src/* dest
removed 'dest/b'
But with 'cp' from coreutils 8.11, 'dest/b' was not recopied:
$ /tmp/coreutils-8.11/src/cp -auv src/* dest
$
Can current 'cp' be fixed so that it notices that the destination is already
updated, and thus avoids removing and relinking it, just as it did in
coreutils 8.11?
Thanks,
Antonio.
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