Re: [Bug-cpio] Bug-cpio lost timestamp and lost owner in 2.9

[Bernd Kloss]

Am Samstag, 14. Februar 2009 schrieben Sie:
> Bernd Kloss <address@hidden> ha escrit:
> > Will this bug be fixed in debian-packages?
>
> I don't know. Please, ask Debian maintainer.
>
> Regards,
> Sergey


Please excuse, but I don't know the procedures.

This bug exists in CPIO 2.9 delivered with Debian Lenny. I thought reporting 
this bug against the CPIO maintainers would cause fixing the bug.

Are there newer versions of CPIO without this bug, so I could install that 
from rpm?

Thank you
Bernd

> > The following problems occurred:
> >
> > For /tmp and /var/tmp the sticky bit is not being copied.
> >
> > All the homes belong to root:root with 755 instead of user:users.
>
> Hi, several months ago I ran into this too. (And it's known before
> that.) To work around, omit "-depth" in your find command; this loses
> timestamps of directories but sets bits right (if directories are
> created new during unpacking).
>
> (For reference,
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2008-04/threads.html#00000